William Gallas exclusive: The FA was too lenient with Joey Barton ban

William Gallas last night launched an angry attack on Joey Barton, telling the Newcastle bad boy: "You haven't been punished enough."

Arsenal captain Gallas hit out after midfielder Barton was fined £25,000 and given a 12- match ban, with half suspended, for his training ground assault on former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

The France international criticised the FA, and also took a swipe at newly-resigned Toon boss Kevin Keegan for defending Barton in the wake of Newcastle's 3-0 loss at Arsenal.

Gallas rapped: "Joey Barton's suspension is not long enough, especially when you think about everything he has done - I really don't understand the FA.

"Barton made a bad challenge on Nasri when he came on at Arsenal.

Samir responded but I didn't understand why Keegan criticised Samir Nasri but defended him."