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Joey Barton has lent his support to Luis Suarez after the Liverpool striker bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, saying a player like the Uruguyan has to play on the edge and comparing him to Eric Cantona.

MailOnline's hard-hitting columnist breaks his vow not to write about 'brainless thug' Joey Barton after the Marseille midfielder's unsavoury Thiago Silva spat. Plus, his thoughts on the 'strange' Manchester United haters, why Paul Lambert should be applauded and the likes of Chris Hughton and Tony Pulis should be condemned. And how £7million Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez is finally showing his promise of a future England call.

Just a few links today in a somewhat quiet week leading up to the derby on Monday. - Carlos Tevez will avoid jail time from his most recent driving offense. - Joey Barton loses it. Again. - 42,000 tickets for the City v Chelsea match that will take place in St. Louis on May 23 sold out within in 10 minutes. Pretty cool. - Samir Nasri explains more about his departure from Arsenal, placing much of the blame on Stan Kroenke. - Former City and England keeper, the timeless David James, is now taking his talents to... Iceland. He will be a player/coach for Icelandic club IBV in the next ...

David Beckham is set to take on Joey Barton in his Paris Saint-Germain debut, Mario Balotelli looks to continue his incredible goalscoring start in Milan and Bradford could lift the first major trophy of the season.