Barkley may get Chelsea hammer after topless club dance

Chelsea midfielder Ross Barkley is facing further questions over his professionalism after he was videoed dancing topless and seemingly the worse for wear in a Dubai nightclub during last week’s international break.

Barkley, who has been out for a month  no thanks to injury , had permission from his club to go on holiday and was not misbehaving in the video.

But manager Frank Lampard may feel the need to have a word with him, especially after criticising the 25-year-old for a row with a Liverpool taxi driver in September.

On that occasion Barkley was escorted to a cash machine by two policemen to withdraw money to pay a taxi driver after a late night row over spilled chips.

The incident was filmed by an onlooker after Barkley had apparently refused to pay for the mess he had made in the taxi.

The police were called and the officers took him to the cash machine and he handed them money, which was then given to the taxi driver.

Lampard accused the England international of being naive, saying: ‘The lads were given a day off. He doesn’t need permission to be in Liverpool.

‘And he hasn’t committed a crime other than eating chips in the back of a cab, which is probably a bit out of order for the cabbie, but what he has done is be naive to be out on that evening in

The former Everton star has been back in training after recovering from an ankle injury suffered in a 1-0 win over Newcastle last month. In this latest unprofessional act Barkley can be seen embracing another shirtless male as they dance before he is lifted into the air as a group of females nearby attempt to control them.