Kenya Rugby League development manager Lucas Onyango's son Aymen Onyango has signed for the Manchester City under-9 team.
Onyango took to Twitter on Monday evening to disclose the information:
"Our son Aymen Onyango is now officially a Manchester City player after signing for the under 9's. In my life, I have never been this proud and this boy has worked hard to get here. The journey begins now that he has progresses through the academy. We are all over the moon," Onyango tweeted.
Onyango senior was born and raised in Nairobi where he played for the University of Nairobi's Mean Machine.
He also played for the Kenyan sevens team, The Shujaa, at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, after which he joined Manchester RFC before eventually settling with his family in the UK.
The Onyangos will be hoping that the youngster moves up the youth setup and becomes the first-ever Kenyan to feature for City’s senior team.
Onyango junior joins the growing list of players with Kenyan roots to join prestigious academies in England.
Leicester City have Brooklyn Mwadime, George Gitau plays for Middlesborough, Silko Amari Thomas is attacked to Chelsea while Leo Messo plies trade with Arsenal.
