It is three weeks shy of a year since Max Meyer joined Crystal Palace on a sweltering August afternoon in central London. His first interview was stood on a sun-trapped rooftop in the heart of Soho, where he posed for photographs with the club’s media team to embody the role of the new ‘Meyer of London’, overlooking a skyline that has now become home.
By his own admission, Meyer’s English was limited and his new moniker was met with mild confusion. A quick google translate of “Mayor“ resolved that issue, with the help of his girlfriend, who explained the wordplay and term in German, “Bürgermeister von London”.