Joey Barton has been released from Prison after serving only two months of his six month sentence for assault.
This news comes only a day after Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan confirmed he would give the midfielder another chance at St.James’s Park.
Keegan said to the BBC – “Joey will be back with us towards the end of this month,” said Keegan.
“It’s well documented he’s had his problems, but I knew of them when I took over. He’s served his sentence, he’s been punished for what he did wrong.
“The world is littered with people that have been given a second chance and taken it with both hands.
“I told him as long as from now on he did things right and started to rebuild the confidence of people around him, I would stick by him.
“The Joey Barton that we had in the last couple of months of the season was a much-changed character.
“I’m hoping that he’ll come back and we’ll get him fit. It’s up to Joey to put things right now – he’s got to win over a lot of people.”
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