Joey Barton ridicules Onuoha's career after his ex teammate called him a 'bully'

Joey Barton has ripped into former team-mate Nedum Onuoha, after the latter called the outspoken ex-footballer a 'bully'.

In recent months, Barton has made a number of sexist rants against several female former players, pundits and commentators having a role in the coverage and analysis of men's football.

Then, last week, former City team-mate Onuoha claimed that the ex-Newcastle midfielder 'lacks perspective' after recounting tales from their careers.

Now, Barton has fired back, after Onuoha - on the Filthy Fellas podcast - revealed that he was a striker in his early career and compared himself to a former Premier League name.

When asked whether how he was a striker, compared to former top-flight strikers, Onuoha said: 'What I would say is that I fancy myself to be at least as good as some people. Obviously you got your killers, the top of the top, but some of the ones...

'As mad as this may sound, and shout-out to him, Gabby Agbonlahor, yeah? Gabby would go through a stretch where he didn't score in like 20 games or something.

'But then he's also got the record for the most Premier League goals for Villa. But he could go through that stretch and I remember thinking 'I could do that!'.

Barton, who was labelled as a 'bully' by Onuoha later on in the podcast, has since fired back and the former QPR star was 'not a threat' up front.

Barton, on his 'Common Sense' podcast, said: 'Nedum's on there saying that he's a better centre forward than Agbonlahor. Now, I'm not saying Agbonlahor was f****** Alan Shearer. But Agbonlahor was a nuisance mate. He was a threat.

'Nedum Onuoha as a striker, is not a threat. He's got f****** no nerve endings from his knee caps to his toe nails. He doesn't know how to f****** feel a ball onto his feet.