AD ENOUGH OF NEYMAR

JOEY BARTON has branded Brazil superstar Neymar “the Kim Kardashian of football”.

The Fleetwood Town boss (below) laid into the hype around the attacker, and says he doesn’t deserve to be considered alongside the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Paris St-germain paid a World record fee of £200million to sign Neymar from Barcelona last year,.

But his displays at the World Cup, and against Liverpool in the Champions League in midweek, left Barton unimpressed.

Barton – who previously called Neymar (right) a “show pony – said: “I think he is the Kim Kardashian of football. Neymar is not the best player in the world. We saw that again in Russia. He is not at the level of Ronaldo and Messi, and there are many other players in front of him.

“Neymar, more than a football phenomenon, is an advertising phenomenon, like the Kardashians.”

Ex-manchester City, Newcastle, QPR and Burnley midfielder Barton, spent one year with PSG’S great rivals, Marseille, during his playing career.

And he said: “I would love to coach Marseille one day.

“Honestly, I could train Marseille without any problem. I understand the people, the culture, I know the Velodrome and what the club means to people.”