Former Manchester city defender quietly jets to Kenya, interacts with locals

• Former Manchester City star Joleon Lescott recently made his way to Kenya
• The 41-year-old interacted with the Man City fan base in the country
• He was delighted with a gift hamper from the Kenyan Man City fans

Joleon Lescott recently delighted Kenyan fans after it was revealed that the former Manchester City defender visited the East African country.

Lescott was part of the Manchester City team that started an era of dominance by famously winning the Premier League in 2011/12 at the expense of bitter rivals Manchester United.

He spent five successful years at the Etihad, the centre-back, who at times doubled up as a left back won the Premier League twice before leaving City for West Brom in 2014, as per Transfermarkt.

After stints with The Baggies as well as Aston Villa AEK Athens in Greece and Sunderland, he hang his boots in 2017 and took a stab at punditry.

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Lescott spotted in Kenya

Not many people were aware of Lescott’s African tour, except a few loyal Manchester City fans.

Sports Brief has since established that the official Man City Kenya fanpage had hinted on Monday, March 18 that a ‘Manchester City legend’ would be gracing the nation’s capital.

This left room for a lot of guesses, especially since City are usually taunted as a club that does not have any legends.

By Thursday, however, the secret was out as Lescott was spotted interacting with fans and children at the Kibera social ground in Nairobi.

Videos shared on the official Manchester City Kenya Instagram page shows the 41-year old jamming to an African beat with other locals. He also took some time to take selfies with a few fans.

Later, the local Manchester City fans gifted the former defender a gift hamper as they posed for photos.

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What is Lescott up to these days?

Since his retirement, Lescott has stayed involved in football and makes regular appearances as a pundit.

He also had a brief stint as England’s Under 21 coach before shelving that role to pursue his ambitions of becoming a sporting director.

Man City’s final 10 games

Elsewhere, Sports Brief reported on Manchester City’s remaining 10 league games as Pep Guardiola’s side looks to make it four titles in a row.

City are being pushed to their limits in the race, and they sit a point behind league leaders Arsenal.

Their next game is against the Gunners on March 31.