"If the treatment he is having now doesn't take, they are going to look at something else. Surgery might be the next option. Whatever happens, he will be out for eight to ten weeks.
Barton Faces Tough Decision!
"I have explained things to him as I see them.
"I told him he cannot be fighting with the world, and that he's just got to concentrate on his football.
"You've got to show everybody else that you have to earn respect in life. He is quite happy with that. I have not gone deep beyond that. I thought that he was going well when he was in the side."