Joey Barton believes that Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley wasn't being entirely truthful when he claimed to have run five kilometres in 16 minutes and 11 seconds.
With the Premier League on hold and social distancing and a nationwide lockdown in place to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19 disease, thousands of footballers and regular people have taken to running to keep fit.
Barkley, who is often criticised for a lack of dynamism on the pitch apparently ran 5.2km in an astonishing 16:11, averaging just over three minutes per kilometre.
The England ace's time is only a few minutes slower than Kenenisa Bekele's 5k world record of 12:37.35. Barton's former Manchester City team-mate Trevor Sinclair also put up an impressive run time,