Barton says he 'does not understand' why the England squad for the upcoming friendlies does not include Manchester City's Micah Richards or any Newcastle players.
On Sunday coach Fabio Capello unveiled his squad for the games with Spain and Sweden, with Everton's Jack Rodwell and Chelsea's Daniel Sturridge given their first call-ups.
Once again the former Toon skipper used Twitter to voice his views.
'Don't understand Eng Squad,' tweeted former Manchester City midfielder Barton.
'No Newcastle players?? No Micah Richards?? Surely he has to be Man City 5 pts clear, MoM at Old T [Man of the Match in City's 6-1 win over Manchester United] and skipper??'
Barton, who has played once for England, against Spain in 2007, has previously been outspoken in his criticism of the England squad.
He said playing all games at Wembley make it 'an elitist, southern-based team' which the average fan no longer cared about.
Last month he rang a radio phone-in to express his disappointment at being overlooked for the team.
Joey Barton: 'I've played well enough over the last 18 months for them to select me, he's [Capello's] chosen not to, so for me I'm planning on going away and playing golf and watching the [European] Championships on TV, and no doubt being massively let down by an England side coming home quite early.'.
Source: FOOTYMAD
