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Warburton criticised over Barton
- Updated: September 25, 2016
Neil McCann has criticised Joey Barton’s comments about Scottish football – but insists Rangers boss Mark Warburton has failed to manage the player properly.
The midfielder did not play in Sunday’s clash with Aberdeen as he’s serving a three-week club suspension following a fall-out with his manager and a number of senior players.
Barton played with Burnley in the Sky Bet Championship last season before joining Rangers in the summer and told Talksport last week: “It’s a much lower level and I’m trying to help people get to a higher level.”
And those comments drew criticism from former Rangers midfielder McCann, who feels Barton overstepped the mark.
“Joey Barton is out of order for disrespecting the league that he’s playing in and working in,” McCann told Sky Sports. “He shouldn’t be disrespecting fellow professionals in this league and he shouldn’t be disrespecting his team by saying about this …
