Barton due back at QPR on Monday (after weekend with pals at Glastonbury) but bad boy is hopeful of settling £3m pay-off By Neil Ashton PUBLISHED: 13:56 GMT, 28 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:05 GMT, 28 June 2013 52 shares 0 View comments Joey Barton is due back at QPR on Monday for pre-season training after failing to reach a settlement on his £70,000 a week contract at Loftus Road. Barton, loaned out to Marseille last season and is away at Glastonbury this weekend with his friends, has been told to report for training as the club prepare for life in the Championship. Harry Redknapp has the unenviable task of trying to clear the wage bill following Rangers' relegation from the Barclays Premier League last season. Marseille have offered Barton a deal to stay in France, but they cannot match his salary. Instead Barton has asked for a £3m pay-off on the remaining two years of his salary at Rangers. Barton spent the entire season on loan with Marseille and negotiations over his contract at Rangers are expected to continue over the weekend. Back in town: Joey Barton will return to QPR on Monday after failing to agree a settlement on his contract The former Newcastle and Manchester City wants to remain in France, but cannot move unless Rangers pay up part of his contract. He was sent out on loan after being banned at the start of the season following his dismissal at the Etihad Stadium on the final day of the 2011/12 season. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...y-Barton-return-QPR-Monday.html#ixzz2XZBjbeem Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
"The former Newcastle and Manchester City wants to remain in France, but cannot move unless Rangers pay up part of his contract." He could move if he stuck by his original statement saying he loved France soooo much and it's not about the money. Greedy f***er!
Obviously doesn't want to leave that urgently. Wouldn't it be cheaper to loan him back with them paying most of his wages but we top up the rest say 20k. Anyone know that terms of the present deal ?
TF has said he will no longer subsidise loan players wages and they were and are only willing to pay half what he's on now. I would hate us to give this twat a single penny to leave.
He still has aprox £7 mill left on his contract and most likely a loyalty bonus if he sees it through. If it's right that he is asking for £3 mill then I don't think we are far away from seeing the back of him, finally. Unless, TF and HR wants him to stay and play for us. And we all know he won't leave without nothing so the truth should be revealed not before to long hopefully. Again, if the £3 mill figure is correct I think it's a fair sum. And IMO Joey is entitled to at least that, after all,this is Fernandes, Beard and Warnock aka the club' **** up.
Hes entitled to it after he completes his contract here. His choice is to do that and move back to london or leave it and move to france where he loves it so much. I hope the club holds its nerve and we will no longer be shown as a soft touch.
If he wants French football that badly he'd leave by mutual consent, the fact he's asking for a pay-off is just plain greed and one-upmanship...
We've never asked Marseille for a fee for Barton so why not slap a £3 million price tag on him and use that to pay him off. If, for any reason, the transfer doesn't happen then it's completely down to Joseph "not financially motivated" Barton. £3M is not bad for an England international that they like. If he is still on the payroll in August then loan him to a Blue Square South team for free. There's good businessmen at the club and it's about time they started playing hard ball....
Yes, it sounds like there's a deal there somewhere. He must be worth a transfer fee and then we can split that fee between, firstly, the buying club to subsidise his wages and, secondly give some to Barton to sweeten the deal for him. Surely, Marseilles don't expect to get him on a free, leaving Barton, with our payoff in his pocket, to negotiate another lucrative deal?
Exactly so we should do what Newcastle did, let him leave for free but not give him a penny. Also, he was the one who said hes earned enough and didnt care about money. Test him on that.
I have a feeling there's a new and steely (no Mittal pun intended) resolve in our owners - Barton's gonna be made to sweat...and compromise
all well and good in theory, but i thought marseille were skint? which is why they sold m'bia? i stand to be corrected though. aside from that, he's been on top whack for some time now, if it was only about the football, he'd just agree to cancel and walk away.
