World Football's 12 Most Famous Insults

By Jonny Shafto / May 23, 2015

12. Joey Barton To Zlatan Ibrahimovic

National hero Joey Barton is best remembered for his time spent in Ligue 1 for his foul-mouthed outburst toward King Zlatan.

After a typically robust Barton challenge, Zlatan reacted angrily to which the Englishman proceeded to comment on the size of the big Swedes nose.

Youre just a big f****** nosed ***** Barton said, before politely reminding him later on in the contest Youve got a big nose.

When people told Joey to do his talking on the pitch this probably wasnt quite what they had in mind...