This time last year he was meant to be going to United!
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Other Clubs Transfer Speculation: Summer 2016.
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This time last year he was meant to be going to United!
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Player Valuation: £20m
I find Sports Witness twitter is a good one. They sort through all the best ones and investigate which ones are bs. There can be a bit of a Man Utd bias sometimes but on the whole they're better than most.
Everyone's going chicken oriental signing defensive midfielders.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/...ltic-bookies-make-8024935#U4QJAkkBXrPLcChG.97
Steven Gerrard getting linked with Celtic
Hope Joey Barton sieves him in two during one of the Old Firm games
Steven Gerrard getting linked with Celtic
Hope Joey Barton sieves him in two during one of the Old Firm games
ijjysmith
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I was thinking that would be dead weird. But remembers who their new boss is. A bit unlikely I guess.
Barton hasn't signed for Rangers as yet as he?
Not yet, but it seems possible
Barton is much more possible than Gerrard I think
With Barton, he'll be on similar if not more money. Gerrard would probably have to take quite a sizeable pay cutt
Both men would have no idea what they were walking into with the Old Firm cauldron though. I genuinely fear for Joey Barton in that sort of environment. I honestly think he'd do something ridiculous
ijjysmith
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Almost a guarenteed red in the old firm isn't it?
Although to be fair to Barton, he was really good for Burnley last year and seemed to have calmed down. There's always that spark though.
No offence to Burnley here, but the expectations on the shoulder of a Burnley player aren't as heavy as those of a Rangers one
That's more down to Burnley fans not being mental like, but still the point stands
ijjysmith
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Obviously but that doesn't change the fact that Barton was good for Burnley last season.
Oh he was excellent
That being said, if Rangers are prepared to offer him similar money, he'll get to add another big club to his CV
I can only assume that appeals to him, hence why he's looking at moving north
He might see more worth in stopping Celtic getting 6 in a row and having one last hurrah in the Champions League than struggling to keep Burnley up next season
It's probably his last chance for this sort of move. A top Premier League side is probably never going to touch him at this age, so it's lower end Premier League or Championship for him now really. Rangers is a bigger option than either of those in all honesty
He can move to Glasgow, win a couple of cups, have one more run in Europe and then either retire into punditry or move to America/China/Qatar/India for the final days of his career
Playing for Rangers also means he gets an easy pundit pay day on Sky or BT Sports when it's Old Firm time as an ex-player
ijjysmith
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I beleive he's on a free at the moment so is within his rights to shop about for his next move.
A move to Rangers kind of makes sense. To me anyway.
I read that Dyche wanted him another year though.
To be fair, Dyche could have signed him for 2 years as opposed to just 1
If you hedge your bets, this can happen sometimes
ijjysmith
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Made sense to hedge bets with a player like Barton.
Maybe so, but it might come back to bite them now if he goes to Rangers and they get nothing
Life's rich tapestry at work
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