Joey Barton has a fairly strong opinion of the League of Ireland

It's fair to say that we won't be seeing Barton in a Shamrock Rovers jersey anytime soon.

Barton is currently a free agent after being released by Queens Park Rangers earlier this summer. The controversial footballer held a Q&A session on Twitter on Wednesday and a lot of the questions centred around what Barton plans were for the immediate future, considering he was without a club. When a League of Ireland account asked the controversial midfielder would he ever consider coming across the waters to play in the Irish top flight, he issued the following retort, https://twitter.com/Joey7Barton/status/628935737208098816 Harsh. However, whoever runs the LOI account was as sharp as a tack with their response. https://twitter.com/LOIDOTIE/status/628936630116708353 Your move, Barton.