Rangers will finally bring ‘the Joey Barton Saga’ to an end on Wednesday after agreeing on a severance deal with the controversial English midfielder, according to recent reports. The Gers are desperate to offload the English midfielder whom they signed this summer only on a free transfer. The 34-year-old has not been seen at the club for a week after being signed off with stress and it seems that the Gers are looking to get to get rid of him.
Barton has not been seen in a Rangers kit since their humiliating 5-1 thrashing by rivals Celtic back in September. He was involved in a bust-up with teammate Andy Halliday and boss Mark Warburton to make things worse after their humiliation in the first Old Firm Derby of the season. Warburton was left furious when Barton refused to apologise after questioning his manager’s coaching methods and tactics.
The situation led to a club suspension over the former Manchester City man and things did not improve at all which is why Rangers had to take such a big step. Barton was eventually allowed to return to training last Thursday, but it was made clear he would not be rejoining the first-team group as he was instead ordered to train with the club’s Under-20s team. Even areas like the training ground gym were even ruled off-limits when the rest of the first-team were present.
The Barton saga had turned to almost a soap opera before the management had to too much of it and chairman Dave King’s board are now set to draw a line under the episode by agreeing on a settlement package. Barton’s whole career has been full of controversies and this adds a whole new chapter in the talented midfielder’s troubled career.
Twitter erupted when this news came out. Most people trolled the English midfielder while Rangers were also trolled by the Celtic fans. Here are some best tweets on the incident.
So now that @Joey7Barton has left Scottish football, let’s look at his best bits. pic.twitter.com/pDj0ldTq1Q
— CelticBible (@CelticBible) November 8, 2016
A cappuchino machine won’t be all Joey Barton takes out of Ibrox. ????
— Tony McK ||⭐|| (@oakroyd) November 9, 2016
Should Celtic go for Joey Barton on reduced wages just to play in the glasgow derby, just for the craic??? ????????????
— Peter Hoey (@phoeyboy) November 9, 2016
Thanks for the memories Joey Barton ???? one of the all time rangers legends…
— John Berry (@John_Berry94) November 9, 2016
All we want to know is…….has Joey Barton finally left Rangers????
— No Surrenderos (@ForsythMurray) November 9, 2016
Joey Barton has gave us all a good laugh but in all seriousness the way sevco have treated him is nothing short of scandalous
— Mark1980 (@markybhoy1980) November 9, 2016
The way voting is going in 2016, you’ve got to fancy Joey Barton for Sports Personality of the Year
— Phil Marchant (@PhilMar) November 9, 2016
If Joey Barton thinks it’s stressful being a Rangers player, he should try being a Rangers fan. ????????
— Elaine (@ecm_242) November 8, 2016
Joey Barton was sentenced to 6 months in prison and came out rehabilitated.
He spent 6 months at Sevco and came out stressed.#SorryJoey
— Big Stuart (@white_italy) November 8, 2016
