Joleon Lescott feels he was harshly criticised over his move from Everton to Manchester City, but couldn’t be happier these days.
Lescott was accused of having a ‘poor attitude’ in the closing stages of his Goodison career, but he believes he deserved better after giving his all to the
Everton cause.
The
City centre back also insists his switch from Merseyside to Manchester wasn’t about money – it was purely about ambition.
Lescott said: "Moving to City was one of the best days of my life. It was not about the money, I remember hearing one of the coaches at Everton had said that about me. And I thought, 'how could you say that when you know me as well as you do?'.
"Believe me, I had a great contract at Everton. I didn't need any more.
"But City represented a chance to achieve real success faster than it was going to happen at Everton. People talk about David Moyes maybe one day going to
Manchester United, and that's fine because managers can afford to wait.
"But as a player you do not have that luxury, and I felt I couldn't wait. I felt that when I joined City, that they were better equipped than Everton to finish fourth.
"I reached the FA Cup final with them last season, which was an achievement. The next step is to win a trophy, and I sense that feeling.
"There are World Cup players here, winners here, and if we are all pushing in the same direction then we should achieve things,” added Lescott who was relieved to get his first City goal at the weekend after gaining a reputation as a goalscoring centre back at Everton.
He said: "I did get a bit of a reputation for goals from set-pieces, so it is nice to have finally scored one for City. Every time I go up now someone on the bench says, you have to score. They think I should have scored a few more by now.
"We work really hard in training on set-pieces, but at the moment we are more concerned with keeping clean sheets.”
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