Joey Barton is a man of opinions.
Whether it was during his time as a footballer or in his current role as manager of Fleetwood Town, Barton loves to say things; things which are usually fairly controversial.
Barton has had opinions on a variety of issues throughout the years, but a cursory search through Twitter illustrates just how much of his thoughts are occupied by one person in particular: Neymar.
How is Neymar in top 3 before Suarez. Come on…
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) January 11, 2016
Still unsure as to why Neymar went off at HT? Anyone know why? 🤔😳
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) November 1, 2016
When you see the alleged @neymarjr price tag and all you can think is 'How much would Egil Ostenstaad be worth today?' 🤔
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) August 2, 2017
Ethically his bite is nearly but not quite as bad as Messi/Neymar's tax affairs. And it's a FIFA event. FIFA/ethics in the same sentence? 😂
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) January 11, 2016
And now, more than a year after his last tweet about the PSG forward, Barton has once again taken to his favourite social media platform to pour scorn on the world’s most expensive player, using some very simple emojis.
Presumably unimpressed with Neymar’s performance against Liverpool in the Champions League, Barton tweeted little more than the player’s name, accompanied by an emoji of a man shrugging and a smiley face wearing a monocle.
We’re going to give Barton the benefit of the doubt though and assume he thought it was a magnifying glass.
Neymar 🤷🏼♂️🧐
— 👑 Joey Barton 👑 (@Joey7Barton) September 18, 2018
Liverpool went on to win the game 3-2 and Neymar was pretty anonymous.
