£5.5m Barton is 長，率いるing for Toon

Newcastle are 推定する／予想するd to 調印する 議論の的になる Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton for

£5.5million later today.

The St James' Park club will use the money from Scott Parker's £7m 移転 to West Ham to すぐに plug the gap he will leave in their midfield.

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Barton has been unsettled at City and has 認める he is open to 申し込む／申し出s from other clubs.

The 24-year-old （人命などを）奪う，主張するd he had too much 尊敬（する）・点 for City fans to talk about joining 明確な／細部 clubs but said he had to think about his 未来 if the club decide to sell.

Barton 行方不明になるd the の近くにing weeks of last season after 存在 一時停止するd by former City boss Stuart Pearce に引き続いて a training ground 出来事/事件 伴う／関わるing team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

Barton thanked the City fans for their support but 繰り返し言うd his belief - recently 空気／公表するd in a thinly-隠すd attack on former 経営者／支配人 Stuart Pearce's 移転 政策 - that club have under-達成するd.

"Through my 裁判，公判s and tribulations the fans have 支援するd me, not all of them but a lot of them have 支援するd me," Barton said.

"They 明白に all know who they are and for me to come on and talk about going どこかよそで is degrading to them.

"We have 達成するd nothing at Man City and I think of the fanbase there and the support structure within the club - the club should be 達成するing.

"I spoke out 公然と about it and everyone knows my opinion on it - I don't need to go there again.

"But I want to 勝利，勝つ トロフィーs and I think as a footballer you are not 裁判官d on the 量 of money you've got in the bank or the 量 of houses you've got, or the 量 of flash watches or cars you've got, you're 裁判官d on your トロフィーs and your accolades at the end of your playing car eer."

Barton has a 評判 for ill-discipline after 存在 伴う／関わるd in a number of high-profile 出来事/事件s in 最近の years.

He 受託するs he has an image problem but is keen to alter people's perceptions of him.

He said: "It is disappointing that people have a 確かな opinion of me but I 会合，会う countless people who, in all 面s of my life, will 証言する 'you're not the person you're made out to be'.

"At 確かな times I don't do myself any favours with 出来事/事件s but to make out I'm some 肉親，親類d of yob, some 肉親，親類d of psychopath for want of a better word, is so far from the truth it's unreal."