Barton's Silva slurs on Twitter slammed
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April 5, 2013, Friday
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PARIS Saint Germain and gay rights campaigners on Wednesday criticized controversial English midfielder Joey Barton after he insulted Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil captain Thiago Silva on Twitter.
Barton, who is on loan at Ligue 1 club Marseille from Queen's Park Rangers, took to Twitter to describe Silva as a "pussy" and "a overweight ladyboy".
PSG immediately issued a statement dubbing Barton's comments "unacceptable".
The Parisians observed that "unacceptable words directed at Paris Saint Germain player Thiago Silva have been used by Olympique de Marseille player Joey Barton. "These attacks are serious and go beyond mere verbal jousting," PSG added, saying both the club and Silva would consider what action to take in response.
Marseille responded by saying it had called on its player to desist and "put an end to the controversy." The former European champion said stressed Barton had "undertaken immediately to stop uploading any ungracious comments aimed at Thiago Silva."
Furthermore, "Olympique Marseille and Joey Barton offer their apologies to Thiago Silva and to his club for the misplaced comments made by (our) English player on social media over the past 36 hours," the club said.
The insults came after Silva initially criticized Barton in an interview with L'Equipe published on Tuesday.
In a statement, Paris Foot Gay, an amateur club with a large number of gay players who campaign against homophobia in football and society as a whole, said that Barton "undoubtedly based his remarks on stereotypes linking Brazil to transsexualism."
Barton, who is on loan at Ligue 1 club Marseille from Queen's Park Rangers, took to Twitter to describe Silva as a "pussy" and "a overweight ladyboy".
PSG immediately issued a statement dubbing Barton's comments "unacceptable".
The Parisians observed that "unacceptable words directed at Paris Saint Germain player Thiago Silva have been used by Olympique de Marseille player Joey Barton. "These attacks are serious and go beyond mere verbal jousting," PSG added, saying both the club and Silva would consider what action to take in response.
Marseille responded by saying it had called on its player to desist and "put an end to the controversy." The former European champion said stressed Barton had "undertaken immediately to stop uploading any ungracious comments aimed at Thiago Silva."
Furthermore, "Olympique Marseille and Joey Barton offer their apologies to Thiago Silva and to his club for the misplaced comments made by (our) English player on social media over the past 36 hours," the club said.
The insults came after Silva initially criticized Barton in an interview with L'Equipe published on Tuesday.
In a statement, Paris Foot Gay, an amateur club with a large number of gay players who campaign against homophobia in football and society as a whole, said that Barton "undoubtedly based his remarks on stereotypes linking Brazil to transsexualism."
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