The Cityzens' Premier League trophy tour has reached the Mother City and Joleon Lescott spent some time with young leaders from Khayelitsha.
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Manchester City's Premier League trophy tour currently in Cape Town with club legend Joleon Lescott.
The Mother City is the club's first stop in their global tour which is set for stops in the UAE, Japan and Korea next.
Lescott also linked up with Khayelitsha's RV United over the weekend. Let's take a closer look...
Man City trophy tour
The tour, presented by official club cryptocurrency partner OKX, kicked off last weekend and concluded with a football festival and screening of their defeat against Liverpool on Sunday.
The trophy is accompanied by two-time Premier League winner Joleon Lescott, who's celebrating the club's fourth league win in five years with their loyal fans around the world.
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The club had a trophy viewing event at Totalsports Canal Walk on Saturday which gave fans an opportunity to get up close and personal with the Premier League silverware.
They held another event at Central Park, Century City, where fans had the opportunity to create a 360 degree video with the Premier League trophy, win a signed shirt and become part of their dream 5-a-side team in augmented reality.
Joleon Lescott meets future stars
Lescott had a busy weekend in the Cape as he also managed to spend time with Khayelitsha's all-girls football club RV United.
The group of ten young girls met up with Lescott at Clifton Beach and had a photo opportunity with the Premier League trophy.
As per Man City's website, the girls were part of the Man City's Cityzens Giving initiative and played a game on the beach sand.
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They also discussed "the importance of creating opportunities for young people to play football, and reflected on leadership, role models and resilience," as mentioned on the club's website.
The club's Cityzens Giving initiative has had a presence in Cape Town since 2016 and combines funding for youth-led community football as well as in-person and digital training from City's community coaches among other things.
Check out Joleon Lescott answering quick-fire questions about his City career for SuperSport:
Scroll through the gallery to view Lescott at Clifton beach with the girls from RV United:
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