Despite spending much of his childhood in south London, the former Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat star is a lifelong Arsenal fan, but has recently admitted Crystal Palace is his second team.

"It’s tough because I grew up three minutes from the Crystal Palace stadium and when I was young on match day there was a hill where we could watch the Palace through a gap in the stadium," said Deng.

"Since then I’ve been a huge Crystal Palace fan – Arsenal’s my number one team, Crystal Palace is my second! I’m hoping they can stay up."