Joey Barton insists footballers must ‘live like monks’ after footage emerged of a pub fight allegedly involving Jordan Pickford.
Police are investigating a video which appears to show the Everton goalkeeper involved in the brawl outside a Sunderland pub.
Fleetwood manager Barton, who was arrested in 2007 following a similar incident in Liverpool, expressed sympathy for the England shot-stopper and argued it’s not easy to stay out of trouble.
However, Barton believes footballers are paid well enough to sacrifice a normal social life, and certainly wishes he did so during his playing career.
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Pickford appeared to lash out in the brawl
The former Manchester City midfielder told talkSPORT: “As sad as it is, you have to live as a monk.
“It’s not easy wanting to be a normal lad and go out for a pint, you just can’t do that as a modern day footballer now.
“You’ve got to be really careful where you go. Otherwise trouble will find you.
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“Don’t forget, footballers are big strong lads, they’re not snowflakes. When you haven’t got a drink in you, it’s dead easy to walk away and think I’m not going to put myself in that situation.
“As a footballer, you should know better, it cost me many times in my career and I just had to accept in the end that there are some things you can’t do as a player.
“Everyone’s got a camera on their mobile phone and you can’t have the lifestyle you want to have.
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“It’s not easy being a footballer, but we are paid fantastically well to do that. I should’ve lived my life in a more monk-like fashion.â€
That’s the advice Barton will be passing onto his Fleetwood players, who he hopes can learn from his previous misdemeanours.
He added: “As a manager, I’d love to know that all of my players were tucked up with a hot chocolate on Saturday night watching Match of the Day.â€
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