The English footballer Joey Barton has used his Twitter account to criticise his Queens Park Rangers manager Mark Hughes, saying he wants to leave the Premier League club for Olympique Marseille.
Barton is serving a 12-match ban after being sent off for violent conduct in the final game of last season against Manchester City when he kneed Sergio Aguero and went to headbutt Vincent Kompany.
The midfielder, who has 1.68 million followers, expressed his feelings in 15 tweets saying his heart is already in the Velodrome, Marseille's home ground.
The one-time England international was stripped of the Rangers captaincy after the incident at the Etihad Stadium on May 13th with Hughes subsequently sending him to train at League Two (fourth division) Fleetwood Town during pre-season and taking his squad number away from him.
Barton said he offered to leave Rangers after the sending off and while he respected Hughes for making the decisions involving the midfielder, he did not agree with them.
Barton joined QPR from Newcastle a year ago with former manager Neil Warnock making him club captain.
QPR have been busy in the transfer market in recent weeks, signing eight new players.
Rangers have made a slow start to the season, losing 5-nil at home to Swansea City and drawing 1-all at Norwich City on Sunday.
