FORMER Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been handed a one-match suspension by the Scottish Football Association after admitting to breaching football betting rules.
The 34-year-old left the Ibrox club last week when his contract was terminated following a dressing room row with manager Mark Warburton and subsequent club suspension.
On Thursday a disciplinary tribunal convened at Hampden Park to consider whether Barton had breached Disciplinary Rule 31 by placing wagers on 44 football matches between 1 July and 15 September 2016.
An SFA statement released this afternoon confirmed that the breach had been admitted, resulting in the sanction of an immediate one-match suspension.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche has offered Barton the opportunity to train at Turf Moor but ruled out the prospect of a permanent deal.
Barton impressed for the Clarets during last season's successful Championship campaign before moving on to his ill-fated stay at Ibrox.
Dyche said: "There are lots of players in my past that I've helped out and, if he felt he needed a base to get fit, I'd listen.
"If Joey requires our support here then he'd get that. If he doesn't, he'll move forward to wherever he needs to move forward to.
"Beyond that, that would be it. The rest of it is something for the future, not for now."
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