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Joey Barton has continued his vicious online tirade on Eni Aluko after claiming the TV pundit is ‘in the Joseph Stalin category’ for ‘murdering hundreds of thousands of ears’.
The former Man City and Newcastle midfielder has been intensely criticised in recent weeks for a series of sexist barbs against women, who he claims ‘aren’t qualified’ to talk about men’s football.
On Friday, he took aim at former Chelsea and England star Aluko and Ward, an ex-footballer turned commentator, over their coverage of Thursday’s FA Cup third-round clash between Crystal Palace and Everton for ITV.
Addressing Aluko, he wrote on X: ‘How is she even talking about Men’s football. She can’t even kick a ball properly. Your coverage of the game EFC last night, took it to a new low. Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, the Fred and Rose West of football commentary.’
Aluko took the moral high ground following Joey Barton’s latest foul-mouthed tirade against her but now Barton has written another post about the pundit.
Joey Barton has once again taken aim at Eni Aluko after claiming she has ‘murdered hundreds of thousands of football fans ears in the last few years’
Barton initially slammed Eni Aluko – and broadcaster Lucy Ward (R) – on Friday before, once again, taking aim at the ITV Sport pundit on social media
On Sunday, he took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to write: ‘On reflection, I feel I’ve been a tad harsh on Eni Aluko by comparing her to Rose West.
‘Had a bit of time to consider the impact of my words after @itvfootball big statement.
‘She’s clearly in the Joseph Stalin/Pol Pot category. She’s murdered hundreds of thousands of football fans ears in the last few years. Meritocracy Rules!’
Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union for a quarter of a century, including throughout World War II and is known for his totalitarian communist regime.
Pol Pot, meanwhile, was another communist dictator who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.
Barton’s previous post made reference to Fred and Rose West, who murdered 12 women and young girls over the course of 20 years.
Fred took his own life before facing trial while Rose was sentenced to 10 life terms. She remains in prison aged 70.
Barton, 41, has savaged female pundits such as Alex Scott and Bianca Westwood in social media tirades across the last month.
Barton likened Aluko to Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin in a recent post on social media
He also called Aluko and Ward ‘the Fred and Rose West of football commentary’. The notorious serial killers are known to have committed at least 12 murders over a period of 20 years
On Boxing Day Barton took aim at Amazon Prime Video Sport for including former Liverpool goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis as a pundit for their 2-0 win over Burnley, saying her inclusion was ‘nonsense’ and ‘tokenism’.
It was far from the first time he has taken aim at a female footballer.
He previously boasted that he would score ‘100 out of 100 penalties’ against Mary Earps after she won the Sports Personality of the Year Award earlier this month.
Barton also called it ‘dangerous’ for women to work at men’s clubs due to them ‘having full-blown affairs and costing people marriages’.
He previously launched a tirade after Mary Earps won the Sports Personality of the Year Award, labelling her a ‘big sack of spuds’
Campaign group Women in Football praised ITV for coming out in support of Aluko and Ward.
‘We call on all employers in the football industry to show the same support for their female employees and take all possible measures to ensure their well-being in the current epidemic of misogynistic abuse,’ they said.
‘As the leading agency driving gender equality in football we stand with all those who suffer such abuse.’
Barton was sacked by Bristol Rovers last year, having previously managed Fleetwood, following a 15-year playing career in which he earned one cap for England in a friendly against Spain in 2007, coming on as a sub in the 79th minute.
