hes not on 70k apparently, media massively overhyped, obviously still overpaid but not at the levels quoted in things like the dailymail
He is not even any good. You can understand QPR sticking by him for this long if he was any good, but Barton is just ****. Hope, they get rid of the bastard and then no PL club take him on, as the idiot footballers at my club always fall for Barton's tricks.