Max has always had a keen interest in football, having been taken by his Dad to both Craven Cottage and Stamford Bridge as a boy. He also played a little himself before the tennis took over, as this rare old photograph proves.

In more recent times, though a fondness for Fulham remains, Chelsea is most definitely where Max’s heart lies when it comes to football. Having helped with Chelsea’s Stock Exchange float in the early 90s, he has seen the club transformed from perennial underachievers into one of Europe’s elite.