A Twitter user suggested that Parker and Jack Wilshere were better than Barton, and while Barton replied: "Wilshere is class and is goin [sic] to be an infinitely better player than me, no doubt about it ... but Parker come on.
"He's not in my league.
"...FACT he is [sic] actually in the championship."
Barton also pointed to the games between Newcastle and West Ham last season: "Did I not dismantle him twice, think it was 2-1 at their place, 5-0 at ours!! And they were easily relegated #justsaying."
When asked to explain his absence from the England squad, Barton explained that "we all know that's political and not professional.
"Modric and Nasri were the best two players I played against in the league.
"I put Modric out in front as the best by quite some distance... miles ahead of me in my opinion."
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