Joleon Lescott joined EPL club Manchester City back in 2009 at a hefty fee of around 22 million, he has since been a regular part for the FA cup finalists, but as of now, his current contract is going to expire soon; hence he is quite skeptical about whether he will be offered another deal by his club or not. He surely wants to continue with the City and that is why he himself took the initiative and asked about his future at Manchester. Notably, he has played almost 100 league matches for the club which also includes an important contribution in City’s EPL title win back in 2011-12 – first time since 1968. Before City, he has been associated with many other clubs in the past, like Wolves and Everton, but the way his career preceded staying at Manchester is something that he would like to continue. Off late, he has seen some layoffs from crucial matches, including some world cup qualifiers, hence he is not sure whether City is any more interested in him or not. Though, his absence from qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro was labeled coz of injury, yet behind the news not seems to be in Lescott’s favor.
He recently gave an interview to a daily newspaper and discussed his doubts, he said, “When you’re going into the last year of your contract your future might be elsewhere. I can’t afford to go into a World Cup year being uncertain of whether I’m going to play regularly here. If someone said when I signed here ‘you’re going to win the Premier League, get to two FA Cup finals and represent your country in the Euros’ I’d have snapped their hand off.”
“So now to go into the final year of my contract uncertain about my future is quite strange. I’d love to stay. My wife’s pregnant, we’ve just moved house, the kids are happy at school. But I’m not naive. I feel I’ve done enough for the club to demand a bit of respect in terms of they come and tell me what they want, whether it’s a new deal, which I would be delighted to sign, or to go elsewhere. I’m very respectful of the club with what they’ve done for me, how they were persistent when Everton were digging their heels in to keep me. I owe a lot to the club. I also feel I’ve done enough to demand a bit of respect to not see speculation about my future.”