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"Joey Barton has threatened to sue the Daily Mail over a column suggesting that he should come out. The piece by sports columnist Martin Samuel notes that Manchester United goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard has called for a &amp;quot;gay hero&amp;quot; in football, while Stonewall has urged the sport to deal with its &amp;quot;culture of fear&amp;quot; in relation to homosexuality.   &amp;quot;So here&amp;#039;s a thought,&amp;quot; Samuel wrote. &amp;quot;Joey Barton continues his quest for intellectual and social respectability. Why not come out as gay?\u00A0 &amp;quot;Instant credibility, instant respect, untouchable by the Football Association or future employers. His past misdeeds mentally reprocessed and explained.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;And imagine the new material. A never-ending treasure trove for Barton&amp;#039;s Twitter feed: Alexander the Great, Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, Lady Bunny. &amp;quot;And, let&amp;#039;s face it, with that new accent, he&amp;#039;s probably halfway there.&amp;quot; Barton responded on Twitter: &amp;quot;I see Jim Royles giving it beans about my sexuality in the Daily Mail. Like thats anything to do with him. Can he say what he&amp;#039;s said (sic)? &amp;quot;Sounds slightly bigoted and homophobic to me. Any legal-eagles out there know if he can get away with this? &amp;gt; Joey Barton threatens to sue &amp;#039;Daily Star&amp;#039; over &amp;#039;made-up&amp;#039; quotes &amp;gt; Joey Barton threatens to expose &amp;#039;toad&amp;#039; Gary Lineker &amp;quot;My sexuality is of no concern to anyone except me and my family. Can&amp;#039;t see the missus being happy about this piece.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Nor, would I like my child (when old enough) to read this tripe. Shoddy journalism. &amp;quot;I will probably have to sue. I don&amp;#039;t really need the money or the hassle. So I offer this as a olive branch. &amp;quot;Actually, no. Theres no olive branch. Enough&amp;#039;s enough. Its just wrong and a little bit weird why he would write this. &amp;quot;In light of the Leveson enquiry, it seems a strange thing to print. I mean I have never even met the guy. He doesn&amp;#039;t know me. Shocking.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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