World Football's 12 Most Famous Insults

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 Swede€™s nose.

€œYou€™re just a big f****** nosed *****€ Barton said, before politely reminding him later on in the contest €œYou€™ve got a big nose€.

When people told Joey to €œdo his talking on the pitch€ this probably wasn€™t quite what they had in mind...

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