The five seconds of white noise after he says it speaks volumes.
Joey Barton has played just 17 minutes of International football in his career, but he’s never been short on confidence.
And the outspoken QPR midfielder has sparked the wrath of Northern Irish, Welsh and Scottish fans by claiming he’d be a centurion if he was from any of their countries.
Barton was speaking to BBC 5Live when he said: Realistically if I’m Northern Irish, Welsh, Scottish, I’m getting 100 caps. That’s the reality, I’d have 100 caps for sure.
“Barring Bale, in the other home nations squads, how many would get in the English national team?”
While he has a point about the amount of players that could muscle their way into the English set-up, his thoughts on his own fantasy international career are more than a bit presumptuous. Well, at least he didn’t assume he’d walk into our team.
Listen to the full clip here.
