After his contract ended at QPR in June, Joey Barton has found himself without a club.
Barton looked to be heading to West Ham, only for talks to end without a deal being agreed.
Joey Barton reacted to the breakdown of the move by posting a video message addressed to West Ham fans:
“I’d just like to thank the West Ham fans who sent me a lot of kind messages on social media and especially on Twitter.
“Obviously, with a character like myself there’s one or two who are not so kind or complimentary, that’s kind of par for the course with me these days.”
Barton claims that there are three or four clubs after him but after being asked, he denied that he had been training with Watford ahead of a move.
One club he is ‘unlikely’ to be joining is Sunderland, asked by a Newcastle fan on Twitter, Joey Barton had this to say when questioned as to whether he would consider a move to Wearside:
“Not a chance mate. Never, ever, ever. Not after my 4 yrs on Tyneside.”