Crystal Palace midfielder Lerma: Facing Bournemouth was strange

Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma admits facing Bournemouth was a new experience.

Lerma left Bournemouth for Palace over the summer. The midfielder admits he'd never faced a former club during his career.

It was a strange feeling," Lerma told Palace's website. In my entire career I have never done this but hey, that's life. I knew when I made the decision to come here it was going to happen.

When I decided to leave Bournemouth, I discussed it with my family, with my wife, with my family in Colombia My wife wanted to stay in England for the kids' futures" Lerma is a father of two. Her priority was for our kids to be native speakers of English.

Life on the coast in England is very different compared to London. For instance, I've realised that I have to leave home super early to get to places on time! But it's a great opportunity for my family to do different things.

It has been a period of changes, of beautiful moments with different aspirations. Whenever you make a change, you arrive excited with a new feeling of success, to achieve new goals. That was the challenge I took when I decided to leave the south of England."