Joey Barton has confirmed that he is to train with League Two side Fleetwood Town to stay fit while his club are away on pre-season.
The Queens Park Rangers midfielder was left out of Mark Hughes's squad for the tour of Asia as he has a 12-match suspension at the start of the forthcoming season.
Writing on Twitter, Barton said: "Looking forward to training with Fleetwood Town for the week. Will get a much needed sweat on.
"Still have 3 years left at QPR. Exciting times for the club, which I intended to be a part of. Need to get some fitness in the meantime.
"Fleetwood are a young club going places. 5 promotions already in the last few years. If I help some of their young players, great.
"Training with them will certainly help me with my short term fitness and my plan on being as fit as possible during my 12 game ban."
QPR came from behind to win their friendly 2-1 against Persebaya Surabaya earlier today.
Pascal Lemesre
