Joey Barton is an English professional footballer in the Premier League, who in April was banned from participating in the sport for 18 months due to betting charges by the Football Association (FA).

Barton was fined £30,000 and warned that he must not gamble on the sport in the future. Barton has now decided to speak out on the matter and claims that match-fixing is ‘rife’ in the sport of English football and that the FA is not equipped to deal with the issue.

Barton reportedly suffers from gambling addiction and claims that his career as a professional football player has…