Joey Barton likens Eni Aluko to Joseph Stalin for 'murdering hundreds of thousands of fans' ears'.

English football bad boy Joey Barton has continued his vicious online tirade on Eni Aluko after claiming the TV pundit is 'in the Joseph Stalin category' for 'murdering hundreds of thousands of ears'.

The former Man City and Newcastle midfielder has been intensely criticised in recent weeks for a series of sexist barbs against women, who he claims 'aren't qualified' to talk about men's football.

Over the weekend he aimed former Chelsea and England star Aluko and Ward, an ex-footballer turned commentator, over their coverage of Thursday's FA Cup third-round clash between Crystal Palace and Everton for ITV.

Addressing Aluko, he wrote on X: 'How is she even talking about Men's football? She can't even kick a ball properly. Your coverage of the game EFC, took it to a new low. Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, the Fred and Rose West of football commentary.'

Aluko took the moral high ground following Joey Barton's latest foul-mouthed tirade against her but now Barton has written another post about the pundit.

On Sunday, he took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to write: 'On reflection, I feel I’ve been a tad harsh on Eni Aluko by comparing her to Rose West.

'Had a bit of time to consider the impact of my words after @itvfootball big statement.

'She’s clearly in the Joseph Stalin/Pol Pot category. She’s murdered hundreds of thousands of football fans' ears in the last few years. Meritocracy Rules!'

Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union for a quarter of a century, including throughout World War II, and is known for his totalitarian communist regime.

Pol Pot, meanwhile, was another communist dictator who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.

Barton's previous post referred to Fred and Rose West, who murdered 12 women and young girls over 20 years.

Fred took his own life before facing trial while Rose was sentenced to 10 life terms. She remains in prison at age 70.

Barton, 41, has savaged female pundits such as Alex Scott and Bianca Westwood in social media tirades across the last month.

On Boxing Day Barton aimed Amazon Prime Video Sport for including former Liverpool goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis as a pundit for their 2-0 win over Burnley, saying her inclusion was 'nonsense' and 'tokenism'.

It was far from the first time he has aimed at a female footballer.

He previously boasted that he would score '100 out of 100 penalties' against Mary Earps after she won the Sports Personality of the Year Award earlier this month.

Barton also called it 'dangerous' for women to work at men's clubs due to them 'having full-blown affairs and costing people marriages'.