The ex-midfielder says there were no ‘natives’ on Saturday’s Football Focus (Pics: BBC / Getty)Joey Barton has courted yet more controversy by claiming diversity in football has ‘gone mad’ and there aren’t enough ‘white contributors’ on football shows, with his latest comments ridiculed and slammed. Saturday’s Football Focus was, as ever, presented by Alex Scott, with Dion Dublin and Jaap Stam – the Dutch defender formerly of Manchester United – in the studio to provide analysis. In a now deleted tweet, Barton wrote on social media platform X: ‘Is this Football Focus going to have any contribution by a white, British/Irish, male footballer before the hour is out? Is it always this way?’Football Focus regular Dublin was joined by Stam (Picture: BBC iPlayer)He then put up a fresh message, saying: ‘One white contributor on Football Focus today. The tokenism has dragged down the journalistic standards.’Barton must have missed Clem’s interview with Ian Evatt (Picture: BBC iPlayer)Football Focus actually had a number of contributors to Saturday’s show that fitted Barton’s narrow-minded criteria.

Source: Metro December 16, 2023 15:21 UTC