Joey Barton, after serving as a disqualification for bets, began his coaching career.

On Saturday, June 2, the club of the third English division Fleetwood Town officially announced the new head coach Joey Barton.

For the 35-year-old former player of Manchester City (153 matches, 17 goals in all tournaments), Newcastle (84, 8), CRC (99, 7), Marcel (33, 1), Burnley (58, 4) and Rangers (8 , 0) this will be the first coaching experience.

In 2017, the English Football Association disqualified Barton for 18 months for bets on football matches at bookmakers, but then the sentence was reduced by 5 months.

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