Lerma delighted with first months at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma is delighted with his first months with the club.

Lerma arrived in the summer from Bournemouth.

He told Palace's website: I'm very happy to be here. It's been great so far.

It was a very warm welcome. The club opened me with open arms. I feel at home here and I feel like we're going to have a lot of success with this club in the future.

I knew I was going to have to undergo a big change when I decided to move clubs, but that's the price you pay to have a new adventure. It's been a great experience and a good transition so far.

Everyone's welcomed me really nicely so far. [Jean-Philippe] Mateta, [Joachim] Andersen and [Ebere] Eze who actually speaks a bit of Spanish are probably the ones I speak with the most, they communicate with me, but everyone overall's been great and that makes it easy for me to adapt."

Lerma also said: This season, even before signing, I knew the project was to overall move higher up the table. It's not going to be easy and we all have to work together.

We know the Premier League's very difficult and you have to work hard to achieve your objectives. There's no time for slacking or you can easily fall behind.

It's very clear in my head I want to work hard every game and I'm very excited to win with this club. Nobody's place is secured in the starting XI, so everyone has to work hard."