BREAKING NEWS: Joey Barton leaves Fleetwood Town in mystery exit with club confirming his departure in two-line statement… weeks after his row with Ched Evans over a dressing room comedy routine
Joey Barton has left Fleetwood Town after two-and-a-half years at the League One club.
The former Manchester City and Newcastle midfielder’s departure was confirmed on the club’s website in just a two-line statement on Monday afternoon.
It read: ‘Fleetwood Town can confirm manager Joey Barton has left the club with immediate effect.
Joey Barton has departed Fleetwood Town after two-and-a-half years in the job
It comes after a falling out with former Welsh international Ched Evans last month
‘We would like to thank Joey for his work during his time at Highbury Stadium and wish him success in the future.
It comes just weeks after Barton fell out with striker Ched Evans, as Sportsmail first revealed.
Barton failed to see the funny side of a comedy act delivered by the former Welsh international as part of a regular Friday routine.
Barton is said to have called out a number of players in training for wearing tights and gloves to protect themselves from the cold.
Insiders say that in his slot on The Spin, a Wheel of Fortune-style punishment game for minor offences, Evans landed on a ‘magic trick’ and produced pictures of Barton and his coaching staff mocked up as muscle-bound super heroes — and then shots of each of them wearing gloves in training sessions during their own careers.