Controversial Premier League star Joey Barton slams Sam Kerr’s skills in yet another sexist attack on women’s football

Former Manchester City and Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton has launched another sexist attack on the Women’s Super League, this time with Australian captain Sam Kerr.

Barton has been flogged in recent weeks for a series of sexist social media posts, which even caught the attention of British Sports Minister Stuart Andrew, who has vowed to pressure social media companies to block sexist content.

Barton has come under fire for social media posts claiming that women ‘are not qualified’ to talk about men’s football.

His most recent offensive comment was directed at ex-Chelsea and England star Eniola Aluko and Lucy Ward, a former player turned commentator.

Now Barton has drawn Australian skipper Sam Kerr into the mess as he pokes fun at a Women’s Champions League post showing the Australian scoring a goal for Chelsea

The comments were made during their analysis of the FA Cup third round tie between Crystal Palace and Everton for ITV last Thursday.

Barton disparaged the network for including Aluko and Ward in the studio, and made a shocking comparison of the duo to notorious criminals Fred and Rose West.

The West was guilty of the murder of twelve women and young girls over a period of twenty years.

Now Barton has attacked a UEFA Women’s Champions League clip on Instagram of Kerr scoring a goal for Chelsea with the caption ‘Poetry in Motion’.

In the video, Kerr scores with one of her signature shots. But the focus in the comments section is on the attempt to stop Paris FC goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie’s goal.

Kerr is currently sidelined with an ACL and will miss the remainder of the WSL season along with the Paris Olympics

Barton shared the video with his own caption, “The Beautiful Game,” including a screen emoji, showing his willingness to defend himself against any challenges in the comments.

The emoji also indicates that his comment was dripping with sarcasm and that he didn’t find the images pleasant to look at at all.

Several of his followers quickly jumped on the bandwagon.

“It always looks like a playground football match with everyone chasing the ball and no talent,” one commentator replied.

Another responded more directly, writing: “Female goalkeeper has to be the biggest joke athlete in history.”

Confused fans also hit out at the WCL for posting the video, with some wondering if they were mocking the Paris FC goalkeeper.

“Is the official account making fun of them or is this a serious post,” one follower asked.

Kerr (pictured celebrating a Champions League goal with teammate Erin Cuthbert) has scored an impressive 98 goals in 128 appearances for Chelsea

“I thought this was a joke at first but it was actually posted by CL,” another added.

However, some football fans criticized Barton’s post.

“Yes, because that kind of thing never happens to men,” one person wrote, accompanied by a video of a male goalkeeper sliding a ball straight through his legs into the net.

Those sentiments were echoed by a football fan who wrote: ‘Yes, because no male goalkeeper has done this before. To grow up.’

Another commented: ‘You tell women to stick to women’s football… and then you denigrate women’s football. What do you find so threatening? Or are you just an attention junkie? I hope your daughter has positive male role models in her life.”