The issue of Joey Barton's situation at Rangers is clearly a touchy subject.
When a question was posed to Rangers boss Mark Warburton about where things go for the former Man City midfielder turned social media icon, the club's chief of media was not impressed one bit.
Jim Traynor took exception with Sky Sports journalist Mark Benstead's line of questioning, and when the reporter stood up for himself and persisted with his question to Warburton, the Ibrox PR chief called a halt to the entire press conference.
Justing by Warburton's reaction, he was a little embarrassed by the situation.
Comedy gold at Rangers Presser today as angry spinmeister Traynor leaves Warburton looking highly embarrassed. pic.twitter.com/Jp1rbUSpIL
— Brian McNally (@McNallyMirror) October 12, 2016
Warburton then returned roughly 20 minutes later to answer non-Joey Barton related questions.
Chris Sutton was on hand to give his reaction, and he couldn't believe what he had seen:
Incredible... https://t.co/au7kIngRNQ
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) October 12, 2016
I can't remember a press conference quite like that... Thoughts?
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) October 12, 2016
We may never see Barton play for Rangers again, but while that is sorted out it's very clear that the club do not want to discuss the Englishman at all, which is a tad strange.
