Barton has re-signed for his former club where he was player of the year last seasonPA:Press Association
Barton has been training with the Clarets to build up his fitness after leaving Rangers in mid-November and will join subject to international clearance once the January transfer window opens.
He managed just eight appearances in Scotland and was suspended after a training ground row with team-mate Andy Halliday that followed a 5-1 defeat by the Old Firm rivals Celtic.
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Barton was later handed a one-match suspension for breaching Scottish Football Association rules on gambling, having placed 44 bets on games between 1 July, when his Ibrox deal started, and 15 September.
That suspension will carry over now he is back in the Premier League.
Joey Barton re-signs for Premier League strugglers BurnleyBarton had a stormy spell in Scotland where he clashed with boss Mark WarburtonPA:Press Association
The former Manchester City, Newcastle and Queens Park Rangers midfielder, with one England cap, was named Burnley’s Player of the Year as the club secured promotion to the Premier League before the former England international opted to leave.
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