When Crystal Palace midfielder Max Meyer left his native Germany for south London, it was the first time that he would be forced into learning a new language outside of the confines of a school's classroom, which, it transpires, he didn't care too much about regardless.
In an interview with Palace TV, the German international spoke about how life was when he first came to English shores, explaining that the language barrier was one of his biggest hurdles.
"At the beginning, it was very difficult for me," he said. "It was the first time I’d left Germany and it was not that easy because I didn’t speak English that well when I arrived here.