Joey Barton unaware of Queens Park Rangers shirt snub

Joe Barton reveals that he was unaware of the club's decision not to give him a squad number for the new Premier League season.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor

Published: August 16 2012 | 21:54

Last updated: August 17 2012 | 08:55

Joe Barton has revealed that he was unaware of the club's decision not to give him a squad number for the new Premier League season.

The midfielder's future at Loftus Road was cast in doubt on Thursday when it was announced that his number 17 shirt would be given to new signing Ryan Nelsen.

"Heard my shirt numbers gone to someone else," he tweeted. "News to me...

"Just come off the golf course so only just heard. A call would of been nice. Ah, well life goes on..."

QPR start the new Premier League campaign at home to Swansea City on Saturday.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	16	10	4	2	21	9	12	32
2	Sunderland	15	9	4	2	25	11	14	31
3	Burnley	16	8	6	2	19	6	13	30
4	Leeds United Leeds	15	8	5	2	24	9	15	29
5	Middlesbrough	16	8	3	5	29	19	10	27
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	16	6	8	2	18	11	7	26
7	Watford	16	8	2	6	25	24	1	26
8	Millwall	15	6	5	4	18	13	5	23
9	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	15	6	4	5	19	17	2	22
10	Bristol City	16	5	7	4	20	20	0	22
11	Derby County Derby	16	5	5	6	20	20	0	20
12	Stoke City Stoke	16	5	5	6	19	20	-1	20
13	Norwich City Norwich	16	4	7	5	25	24	1	19
14	Swansea City Swansea	15	5	4	6	11	10	1	19
15	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	16	5	4	7	18	26	-8	19
16	Luton Town Luton	16	5	3	8	18	26	-8	18
17	Coventry City Coventry	16	4	5	7	22	23	-1	17
18	Oxford United Oxford Utd	16	4	5	7	19	24	-5	17
19	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	16	4	5	7	17	28	-11	17
20	Preston North End Preston	16	3	7	6	16	24	-8	16
21	Cardiff City Cardiff	16	4	4	8	15	24	-9	16
22	Hull City	16	3	6	7	16	21	-5	15
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	16	28	-12	12
24	Queens Park Rangers QPR	16	1	8	7	13	26	-13	11