Newcastle winger Saint-Maximin enjoys Merson joke: Introducing Sam Maximus...

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·8 February 2021

Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin enjoyed a joke with pundit Paul Merson after victory over Southampton.

Saint-Maximin played a key role in Newcastle's 3-2 home win against Southampton on Saturday.

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But Merson hadn't done his homework when talking about the Frenchman and called him 'Sam Maximus'.

The 23-year-old former Nice star decided to have a bit of fun, and changed his Twitter handle to the new name given to him by Merson.

He then tweeted: "Congrats to our new players @Joewillock and Sam Maximus for their game! @PaulMerse told me that you did well guys."

Merson appeared to enjoy the joke, retweeting it with laughing emojis and writing: "Apologies mate. Well played to both of you today."