Joey Barton has had an eventful week. Banned from his club, Rangers, over a training ground incident and at the centre of an investigation into an alleged breach of betting rules, he has also found time to promote his upcoming book.
In No Nonsense, the controversial midfielder promises "full disclosure" on the infamous events that have marked his career.
Here we round up some of standout stories and observations from the book, and Barton's promotional interviews.
Barton on... his problems at Rangers
"I care about what I do," Barton was quoted as saying in The Guardian. "I've always cared about what I've contributed even if I've not been fully understood at the time. I care deeply. It's probably my biggest curse. I care too much.
"Some of my issues at Rangers are because I care. I am trying to offer solutions to make things better and people are hit with the truth."
...Mike Ashley
"Ashley offered me his helicopter," Barton writes about the Newcastle owner's decision to ease his travel plans between the north east and Southampton, where he was staying with late Sporting Chance founder, Peter Kay, following his release from prison in 2008.
"It seemed really generous until I got an eye boggling invoice. It was business after all."
...England
"To be brutally honest, too many of the players in England's so called golden generation had character flaws... They actually formed the 'me' generation."
...Sam Allardyce
"Sam Allardyce is England manager. Well, am I a better player than Sam?," he was quoted as asking in the Daily Mail. "Well, yeah, of course. Do I believe, if Sam can get to be England manager then I can? Of course I do. What's Sam got that I haven't got?"
...Mark Hughes
"Mark Hughes is a terrible manager. Stoke are bottom of the league. I thought his people skills [at QPR] were really, really poor."
...Xabi Alonso and his 2009 sending off
"Xabi and I had history. He blamed me for knocking him out in what he thought was a deliberate clash of heads in one of our earliest contests, and I blamed him for stealing my move to Liverpool," he writes.
"[In 2009] Thirteen minutes remained. Liverpool were two up, cruising and playing keep ball. The Kop conducted an incessant, infuriating chant of 'Ole, ole, ole!'
"Xabi retained the ball near the corner flag fractionally longer than was prudent. That gave me the opportunity to fly in, and disguise my malicious intent as best as I could. Alonso milked the moment with a barrel roll. I expected a yellow and was shown a red."