Everton manager Roberto Martinez has
been approached over the possibility of
signing Joey Barton by the QPR
midfielder’s agent.
The 30-year-old spent last season on
loan at Marseille and has made no
secret of his desire to leave QPR
following the club’s relegation from the
Premier League.
A return to the south of France to re-join Marseille on a permanent basis has been
mooted in the media, but Willie McKay, Barton's representative, has now revealed he
would be keen on a move to Goodison Park.
According to McKay, Barton would take a pay cut to link up with the club he
supported as a boy growing up on Merseyside.
"I spoke to Roberto to see if he would be interested in taking Joey," McKay told The
Daily Mail.
"I told him that Joey would love to join Everton and that they are the only club he is
willing to lose money to play for."
Barton's often controversial career has also so far included spells at Manchester City
and Newcastle United.
Martinez has been particularly active in the transfer window since being announced
as David Moyes' successor, signing Arouna Kone and Antolin Alcaraz from his former
club Wigan Athletic, while Gerard Deulofeu has arrived from Barcelona on a season-
long loan.
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