JOEY BARTON gave an perception into his notorious coaching floor combat with Ousmane Dabo at Manchester Metropolis – and supplied the Frenchman a shot at revenge in a charity match.
Retired midfielder Barton, 40, received a six-match ban by the FA in 2008 for assaulting his team-mate in 2007.
He was additionally given a four-month suspended sentence after admitting assault occasioning precise bodily hurt after Dabo was left with cuts and bruises in addition to a indifferent retina.
Barton, who has served time in jail and likewise landed himself in scorching water for stubbing a cigar out in a youth group participant’s eye, is now boss at League One Bristol Rovers.
In a candid dialogue on Robbie Fowler’s podcast he mentioned he knocked out the ex-Lazio midfielder in self-defence - a declare denied by Dabo - he even mentioned he can be open to settling the rating once-and-for-all.
Barton mentioned: "Dabo slapped me on the coaching floor so he received put a kip.
"That was his personal fault and if I see him any time and he desires to – you see all these Jake Pauls and that on Youtube - if Ousmane desires to present me a shout and he desires to do it for charity and get his personal again…
“On the finish of the day, the place I’m from, if somebody open palms or slaps you or comes in direction of you to hit you, you don’t stand round."
He added: "If he desires spherical two we’ll kind it out right here, we're all males.
"He tried to throw the primary punch, got here unstuck, and he did not as a result of he is a s***bag and went to the papers."
Dabo, 46, who gained three caps for France, shared a picture of his injured face with The Solar after the conflict.
He mentioned: “I checked out myself within the mirror with my face all swollen up and I appeared just like the Elephant Man.
“I simply pushed him away and turned my again to stroll off. That is when he hit me. I actually do not keep in mind precisely what occurred."
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