Barton Faces Tough Decision!
By Nu Mad
Updated Saturday, 22nd November 2008
Joey Barton may need surgery to repair the medial knee ligament injury that will sideline him for more than two months.
Joe Kinnear: "Joey is on crutches now, but whether or not he will need to have surgery needs to be finalised.
"If the treatment he is having now doesn't take, they are going to look at something else. Surgery might be the next option. Whatever happens, he will be out for eight to ten weeks.
"I have explained things to him as I see them.
"I told him he cannot be fighting with the world, and that he's just got to concentrate on his football.
"You've got to show everybody else that you have to earn respect in life. He is quite happy with that. I have not gone deep beyond that. I thought that he was going well when he was in the side."
