Joey Barton has a French accent now

Joey Barton has already made his mark on Marseille by scoring directly from a corner in the Euopa League, and now it appears Marseille has made its mark on him.

Despite living in France for less than two months, the Liverpudlian ingratiated himself to his adopted homeland by putting on a French accent in a presser following his league debut for the Ligue 1 side.

It ees remarkably similar to ze manner in which Steve McClaren adopted Dutch intonations when 'e joined FC Twente, non?

Of course, being an erudite media-savvy hipster who is far too intelligent for the beautiful game, Barton has already responded to his Gallic enunciation on Twitter:

In my defence, it is very difficult to do a press conference in Scouse for a room full of French journalists. The alternative is to speak...

Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) November 26, 2012

...like a 'Allo Allo!' character which is choose. Its simply a case of you had to be there.#youstupidwomen! Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) November 26, 2012

I am christening this new language Bartonese... @piersmorgan

Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) November 26, 2012

With all this accent fun, it's easy to miss the fact that Barton dismisses Ligue 1 as "boring" during the presser. That's probably not the best way to win over a room full of F! rench fo otball journalists.