David Moyes immediately rebuked the request but, as is nearly always the case in these situations, once a written request is handed in that's pretty much the end of the matter so I'd imagine that Lescott will soon be lightening his shade of blue!
Look at how quickly Xabi Alonso moved on from that shower after he finally put it in writing.
The whole sorry saga has dragged on all summer now but, to give everyone at Everton their due, the club have handled the matter extremely well in the face of some provocation from Man City and their manager Mark Hughes.
Whilst City have run a campaign in the media to unsettle Lescott, pretty much since last January, Everton have remained dignified, if indignant, in their rebuttals of City's offers.
Lescott, on the other hand, has not.
After telling the club of his desire to leave, Everton made it clear that they wanted him to stay and he played a major part in shoring up our previously ropey defence in the 2-1 win over Malaga.
Even the crowd didn't give him any stick at that game, instead trying the very un-Everton like tactic of cheering his every touch...looks like we'll have to get back to booing as the guilt trips obviously don't work!
So after turning down bids of £15 million and £18 million it looks like City are going to, if reports are to be believed, offer Everton around £22 million for the centre back.
Which, given the circumstances now, I don't really see how the club can turn it down.
And if they do accept the offer they need to do it sooner rather than later so we're not left with £20 million in our arse pocket and no way of spending it...as we were in August 2004 when the fat lad jumped ship!
The official site definitely makes it look like it's all over bar the grouting as they've done one of those obituary-style pieces whereby they throw in appearance details, when and for how much the player was signed, bra size and things like that.
And could Everton, once again, have fallen victim to the 'England effect' - as seemingly happened with Nick Barmby and Wayne Rooney?
Is it merely a coincidence that Lescott has handed in a written transfer request whilst on international duty?
Have Man City's England contingient, Wayne Bridge, Gareth Barry and Shaun Wright-Phillips, been waxing lyrical about life at Eastlands?
Or is it just all about the amount of bunce City are offering?
And, should Lescott sign for them, will he be kept under a cover in the conference room which will then be whipped off him on front of an eager media crowd, a la John Merrick?
Or can we put such snide comments as the above to one side and wish him well as he's moving on to do the same job for an employer that will pay him twice that of his current paymasters?
Paymasters? Is it just me or does that phrase sound like it should in the title of a bluey?
Anyway, Lescott....ta ra!
all that Joleon needed was a new haircut!