Joey Barton claims French players believe that they will become more talented by being lazy following season at Marseille in 2012-13
JOEY BARTON has laid into French footballers in an incredible interview.
He told Journal du Dimanche that the country’s ‘lazy, vain, troublemaking stars’ will only ever be seen at the gym if it’s to work on their beach bodies.
Joey Barton was not a fan of French players’ lazy mentalityReuters
The Burnley midfielder said: “For them, it [work] is not compatible with talent.
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“If you are talented, no need to work. If you work hard, it is because you don’t have talent.
“They even convince themselves that they have more talent by working less. Bizarre, right?
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“At Marseille, I thought they had twigged when I saw them go to work in the gym.
“But no, it was to look good before going to Ibiza in June!”
Joey Barton spent a year on loan at Marseille in 2012-13PA:Press AssociationHis claims that 'when everything is going well', the French 'throw in a hand grenade to see what happens' may remind West Ham fans of Dimitri PayetGetty ImagesJoey Barton also claimed French players believe work and talent are not compatibleGetty Images
Barton spent a season on loan at Marseille from QPR in 2012-13 and said the dressing room needed him to bang some heads together.
“Even if I didn't score a lot, I was important in the dressing-room.
"There were quite a few cliques and I had the feeling I was trying to keep a lot of plates spinning.
"They were good players, good guys, but the French have a great talent for creating problems.
"It has to be a culture. When everything is going well, you throw in a hand grenade to see what happens.”
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