Inside the ugly, deluded world of Joey Barton CITY STAR'S SHAME

From: Daily Mail | Date: December 23, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

WHEN Joey Barton receives notice this week of the six-figure fine he will receive from Manchester City for an assault on a team-mate with a lighted cigar, he may actually be a little disappointed at the figures.

Given that he spent much of Sunday night's club Christmas party boasting to anyone who would listen that his recently signed contract was paying him Pounds 27,000 a week in wages, City's wayward young midfielder will be a little surprised to discover that he doesn't actually earn that amount at all.

Either Barton is prone to the type of exaggeration and fabrication more appropriate ...

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