Joey Barton has been left without a squad number after Queens Park Rangers named their list for the new season.

The midfielder's old No17 shirt was given to the summer signing Ryan Nelsen, who arrived from Tottenham Hotspur.

"Heard my shirt numbers gone to someone else. News to me..." Barton tweeted. "Just come off the golf course so only just heard. A call would of been nice. Ah, well life goes on...

Barton must serve a 12-game ban to start the season after his dismissal in the final match of last term against his former club Manchester City, and he has been stripped of the club captaincy.

Summer speculation that the 29-year-old would be sold or loaned out has come to nothing, but the new squad list does little to suggest he has a future with the club. However, Sky suggested the next step could be a season-long loan to Marseille.

The goalkeeper Rob Green has been handed the No1 shirt, the former Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung will wear No7, with Adel Taarabt switching to No10.