Jamaica's Leon Bailey has been a hit with the Bayer Leverkusen fans this season. - © © imago / Eibner
Jamaica's Leon Bailey has been a hit with the Bayer Leverkusen fans this season. - © © imago / Eibner

Leon Bailey catches up with Usain Bolt in Jamaica

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Step aside Usain Bolt, another Jamaican star is setting a furious pace on his rise to Bundesliga stardom.

Leon Bailey has shot to fame this season with his eye-catching performances in a Bayer Leverkusen shirt. Six goals in 14 Bundesliga outings, including two in the 4-4 draw with Hannover on Matchday 17, have catapulted Bailey's name into world footballing circles.

Watch: Leon Bailey, according to Leon Bailey

Bolt, who retired from athletics this year after dominating sprint racing for the best part of a decade, has not missed his compatriot's lightning rise either and recently posted a video of Bailey in action on Instagram, saying: 'Watch my bro @leonbailey_9 a move like his name is Usain Bolt'.

Back home for the holidays, Bailey bumped into Bolt, and posted the following picture as proof:

Two of Jamaica's finest and fastest sporting exports, just inches apart, passing the proverbial baton from one great to another as Bayer's Bailey becomes the Caribbean island's new pace-setter.

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