QPR midfielder Joey Barton admits he's gutted to be slated by Everton legend Neville Southall.
Southall has rubbished the prospect of Barton moving to Goodison Park this month.
And the normally combative midfielder replied on Twitter:
Big @NevilleSouthall has given it to me I see. Gutted, he was one of my hero's growing up. Best keeper in the world at 1 stage. — Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 31, 2013
Am not getting after him. Regardless, of what he thinks of me. I will always have the utmost respect for the player he was. #legend — Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 31, 2013
...a hero to me. — Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) July 31, 2013