Joey Barton known as out by former Premier League winners over ‘public meltdown’
Joey Barton was known as out by former Premier League winners Blackburn Rovers over a nostalgic submit about England.
The former Manchester City star has turn into fairly the hated determine on social media after his fixed tirades towards ladies working in males’s soccer.
In his newest campaign for controversy, the 41-year-old shared a video of schoolkids strolling via the streets of Blackburn in 1905 on X (previously generally known as Twitter) earlier than captioning the clip with a message seemingly taking intention at “diversity and equality”.
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The Liverpool native wrote: “120 years ago in Blackburn, England. We talk about Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. We never talk about Equity. Who has done the work. Who has built the places. Who fought in the wars. Who paid the taxes. Who built and maintained these communities. We shouldn’t forgot our past. As we look to improve our future.”
The submit was appreciated 11,000 occasions however drew the eye of Blackburn Rovers’ official X account, which had a response loaded for the controversial soccer persona. The account hit again at Barton, writing: “Hi Joey, if you could have your public meltdown without bringing our town into it, that’d be great. Thanks”.
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The response by the Championship membership was properly supported with the submit garnering over 28,000 likes but it surely wasn’t lengthy earlier than the one-time England worldwide struck again on the membership as he made enjoyable of their league place this season.
“1 win in 10 in the Championship. 17th position,” he replied. “I’d keep your nut down if I was you pal. Do your bosses know you’ve tweeted. You’ll be plucking chickens next week.”
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Plenty of followers subsequently piled in on Barton, together with one who wrote: “Still higher than you have ever managed a club though lol” whereas one other commented: “They’ve won more Premier League titles than you ever did”.
