'I was a Twit!' Joey Barton makes full apology to Dietmar Hamann over Twitter row

16 Jan 2013 21:13

"I accept my comments were offensive, untrue and related to matters of a personal nature and caused Dietmar and family distress. I fully regret that"

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140-character assassination: Barton accepts he was wrong with attacks on Hamann

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Joey Barton has issued an apology to former Manchester City team-mate Dietmar Hamann over an explosive Twitter row between the pair that left the German considering legal action.

The pair become embroiled in a bitter public slanging match on the social-networking site on Monday after Hamann reportedly advised Barton not to comment on transfer dealings at the latter's parent club QPR and former employers Newcastle.

Barton had pondered why his Marseille team-mate Loic Remy might have chosen QPR over the Toon.

Hamann wondered whether such public pronouncements were appropriate.

Matters went downhill from there, with messages pinging back and forth, and Barton variously calling Hamann: skint, a blert, an idiot, a maggot, a dog, a ***ing dog, disloyal and "someone I deem vastly inferior as a man", and things you'd probably want to be sure you could prove in court before mentioning.

Taking part in a live Q&A session on Liverpool's official website on Tuesday, Hamann said: "[Joey Barton] came out with some personal insults and I need to look into what I'm going to do with that."

Now, 24 hours later, a statement on joeybarton.com reads:

"On Monday evening tweets exchanged between Dietmar Hamann and I went beyond the boundaries of banter, opinion and common sense.

"I accept that my comments were offensive, untrue and related to matters of a personal nature, of which I had no knowledge.

"I have apologised to Dietmar personally and now wish to apologise through the same social media channels that I used to make them, as well as my own website.

"I appreciate my comments have caused Dietmar and his family some distress and I fully regret that.

"I also appreciate that my comments should not have been made, as they could have damaged Dietmar?s reputation, which should? remain intact as a fantastic player and ambassador for German Football, as well as the game in general.

"Dietmar and I have now agreed to draw a line under the unfortunate exchange and neither of us will be making any further comments on the subject."

Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/joey-barton-diertmar-hamann-twitter-row-1538336

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