Barton out for further month
Joey Barton has once again been forced to delay his debut for Newcastle after aggravating an injury in his foot. The 25 year old has yet to a competitive game for the Magpies after inuring himself in a pre season game against Carlisle. He broke a bone in his foot, but was set to make a comeback on Sunday when they face Everton but the healing process has taken longer than expected.
He was seen done some fitness work at Newcastle's away game at Manchester City last week which made people think it was only a matter of days before he would be back but that has not turned out to be the case. Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce said: "It will be four or five weeks or at least three or four reserve games."The midfielder only joined Newcastle in the summer for a fee of 5.8 million pounds from Manchester City after he was involved in a brawl with former teammate Ousmane Dabo.
He was tipped to break into the England team this season, if he controled his fiery temperment, after tasting international football for the first time last year. Obviously it is bad news for both Barton and the club because everyone was expecting big things from Barton this season and unfortunately he has missed a large chunk due to the injury.