Joey Barton tears into Wayne Rooney over Man Utd title theory – ‘Complete nonsense’

Former Queens Park Rangers and Manchester City star Joey Barton has rubbished Wayne Rooney’s theory over the final weekend, which decided the Premier League title race in 2012

Joey Barton has launched a furious X-rated tirade against Wayne Rooney and the ex-Manchester United star’s suspicion of conspiracy over the dramatic circumstances in which Manchester City claimed the Premier League title with a final-day win over Queens Park Rangers.

United were already celebrating winning the league after beating Sunderland, before City launched a late comeback, capped off by Sergio Aguero’s iconic strike, to win the Premier League. QPR went into the game fighting for top-flight survival but knew they would be safe before the final whistle.

That has seen Rooney voice criticism that the Hoops were happy to let City stage their comeback. The former England captain was recently criticised by Djibril Cisse for questioning the fact that the forward was seen ‘celebrating’ with City players after the game.

And now, Barton has rubbished Rooney’s theory and explained why it was incorrect. The ex-QPR and Man City midfielder did not hesitate to take digs at Rooney either.

Speaking on the Common Sense podcast, Barton said: “There’s been a bit of a spat online between Djibril Cisse and Wayne Rooney. Rooney has said that the game was bent and that QPR threw that game.

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“I’m only commenting on it because he referenced me in it. Half of our team knew we were safe and stayed up and half of our team didn’t. You can see when you see it.

“Five or six of the team did. I can hear it getting shouted from the sidelines. We had all been in City’s academy. You had Nedum Onuoha, Shaun Wright-Phillips and myself. So we would have wanted Manchester City to win the league over Man United, make no bones about that.

“But at the time, we were fighting for our own survival, so we had to better other people’s results on that day to stay up. As it was, we all got beat.

“I have to disagree with Wayne. Wayne is trying to say that this game is some kind of bent fixture, that the lads had given up. He does say Paddy Kenny has basically thrown the two goals in that lead to City winning the league. I don’t think Paddy knew.

“You might say Paddy should have done better with the goals, but I don’t think Paddy Kenny is the type of lad to throw a game to help Man City win the league.”

“So Wayne, and the other Man United fans – and I know loads of Man United fans have come up and asked me – no. I got told by Bobby Zamora to get someone sent off, so I tried. That’s where the buck stops with me.

“Your conspiracy theories, Wazza, are untrue. Sometimes people tell you stuff in life and you want to believe it because it fits your narrative and you want to have that cognitive dissonance.

“It might be the same fellas who were saying that if you get one more hair transplant it might come back. This might be the time you get a fringe. As you found out, that is complete nonsense.

“Stop wasting your time on nonsense. The game at Man City was not thrown. Man City won the league, Man United never. Am I happy about that? Abso-f***ing-lutely, because I hate Man United. But I didn’t go out my way to make City win the league.

“To say that me, or Djibril Cisse, or Shaun Wright-Phillips, or Nedum Onuoha, or Paddy Kenny have somehow concocted to make sure you don’t win the league is b****cks.

“You should have got yourselves in a better position. You didn’t. Man City had to beat QPR on the last day of the season at home, who were in the bottom four. That’s your fault.

“The fact he’s even had a sniff of winning the league is a testament to the lads at QPR and the battle they put up, because that was an easy f***ing win for City.

At the end of the rant, Barton added: “QPR stayed up, happy days. City won the league, happy days. And you ****s were all crying on the pitch at the f***ing Stadium of f***ing Light or Middlesbrough or wherever you was, which is f***ing triple whammy. Get f***ed.”

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