Barton arrested. Again.

Barna Azul (24/01/2008)

Labmonkey (04/01/2008)

save me Jeebus (04/01/2008)

Labmonkey (04/01/2008)

save me Jeebus (04/01/2008)

Labmonkey (04/01/2008)

But in the meantime they'll try and get a bit more footballer for their money...

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Newcastle's lawyers are looking into Joey Barton's bail conditions to see if he can return to action after being released from custody.

The 25-year-old midfielder missed the games against Chelsea and Manchester City after being remanded to Liverpool Prison on charges of assault and affray.

However, he has now been released on conditional bail until January 16, and the club is checking to see whether or not he is available to manager Sam Allardyce.

Allardyce said: "There may be a possibility, certainly not for the Stoke match, but after that, there might be the possibility.

"We are doing our research into that with the lawyer and making absolutely certain that there are going to be no rules or regulations set that we might be breaking if we do attempt to get Joey back into the squad, and take it from there."

I thought the conditions were that he was basically under house arrest at the sporting chance clinic. Thats what it said his lawyers argued to get him released.

That was my understanding too. Sounds like the lawyers are trying to find some kind of loophole somewhere in the small print.

They should get that guy who gets them all out of all them motoring offences. Mr Loophole or whatever they call him.

He might be a bit specialised, though. As far as I know, Joey hasn't tried to mow anyone down in his chavmobile.

Yet. Watch this space Wink

Barton has also found himself at the centre of controversy outside football. In May 2005 he broke a 35-year-old pedestrian's leg while driving his car through Liverpool city centre at 2 am.^[32]