JOE EDWARDS is certain that Millwall’s newest player Adam Mayor will settle in just fine thanks to the Lions’ sociable dressing room.
The 19-year-old winger signed from Morecambe just before the end of the January window but was suspended for last weekend’s game at Hull due to the number of bookings he had picked up for the League Two club.
Mayor did not travel up north with the rest of the squad on Saturday in order to give himself time to adjust to his new life as a Championship player in London.
Edwards said he and the rest of the coaching staff are keeping a close eye on the youngster to help the transition and he is confident that the Millwall dressing room will play its part.
The Lions head coach told our paper: “The biggest first stage of this move for him is the move in terms of relocating down to London and away from his family. He did a couple of days training with us but then he took the weekend to go home and get all of his stuff together and ready to properly make the move and start afresh this week.
“He’s now got a full week with a game at the end of it and the opportunity to be involved in it.
“For myself and the coaching staff, it’s constantly touching base with him every couple of days and asking if things are going smoothly. And then we have people at the club as well who are helping him look for property, settle in and work out the area.
“And we’ve also got a great bunch of players. A lot of senior players who have been at Millwall for a long time so in terms of his teammates, he’ll have no trouble being helped to settle in.”
Mayor registered three goals and five assists in 23 league appearances for Morecambe this season.
Overall he made 67 appearances for the Lancashire-based club.