Paddy Kenny mocks Eni Aluko after pundit ‘flees nation’ as Joey Barton responds
Former Premier League goalkeeper Paddy Kenny has taken a swipe at Eni Aluko after she claimed she’d fled the UK in response to Joey Barton’s criticism.
Ex-England ladies’s star Aluko has borne the brunt of Barton’s current barrage in direction of feminine pundits and commentators by which he bafflingly labelled Aluko and her ITV colleague Lucy Ward “the Fred and Rose West of football commentary”.
Nigerian-born Aluko, 36, claimed in a video on Tuesday that Barton’s feedback had sparked a wave of on-line abuse that made her really feel “scared for her safety” and that subsequently she’d left the nation. The pundit additionally revealed she was contemplating taking authorized motion towards Barton, accusing him of “racism”, “sexism” and “hate speech”.
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Kenny, 45, who shared a dressing room with Barton, 41, at QPR, responded by importing a clip of himself on vacation in Mexico to social media, parodying Aluko’s video. He stated: “Just to keep you all updated, because of the abuse on Instagram I’ve had to flee the country to Mexico.
“Just as a result of I worry for my security, so I’ve come on a household vacation [laughs].”
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Barton then quote-posted Kenny’s video, writing sarcastically: “Standing with you Patrick. Hang in there brother! It’s only ‘Words’ everything will be fine.”
Kenny and Aluko have been at it earlier than. The former Republic of Ireland keeper ridiculed Aluko’s weird declare that Manchester City’s curiosity in Declan Rice over the summer season was faux, suggesting as an alternative that Mikel Arteta had requested Pep Guardiola to submit a bid with the intention to strain Arsenal’s house owners into rising their very own supply and enhance their probabilities of touchdown the West Ham star.
(Image: @enialuko/Instagram)
“Never heard owt like it in my life,” Kenny posted in response. “How does she get airtime?? Biggest load of bull I’ve ever heard.”
Per week later, Kenny uploaded screenshots of a collection of livid DMs he’d obtained from Aluko, by which she labelled him “bitter and jealous”. Captioning the screenshots, he wrote: “Someone is rattled and comes across very big time,” earlier than including: “Think I’ve upset her.”
Later that summer season, Kenny hit out at Aluko once more, this time mocking her for correcting herself whereas on punditry responsibility throughout the Women’s World Cup by swapping the time period ‘man marking’ for ‘participant marking’. He quote-posted a clip of her verbal substitution, writing: “Another classic [laughing face emoji].”
Kenny made greater than 700 profession appearances throughout spells with the likes of Sheffield United, Leeds, QPR, Bolton, Bury and Ipswich. He was Barton’s team-mate for a yr at QPR throughout the 2011/12 season, the place the Rs miraculously prevented relegation from the Premier League on the ultimate day, regardless of shedding 3-2 to Manchester City, courtesy of Sergio Aguero’s iconic title-clinching last-gasp winner.
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Barton, who performed for the likes of Manchester City, Newcastle and England, has been ruffling feathers ever since hitting out at what he considers underqualified feminine broadcasters analysing males’s soccer again in December. His feedback sparked a ferocious backlash public, however Barton has refused to take his foot of the gasoline, persevering with to criticise, in his phrases, the “tokenistic” hiring coverage of British broadcasters.
In response to Aluko’s emotional put up about having to flee the nation, Barton accused her of “playing the victim card”, including: “Cry me a f***ing river.”
