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Yannick Bolasie: Aston Villa sign Everton winger on season-long loan

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Yannick Bolasie
DR Congo international Yannick Bolasie has not played for Everton under new Toffees manager Marco Silva

Everton winger Yannick Bolasie has joined Championship side Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal.

The 29-year-old joined the Toffees from Crystal Palace in 2016 for a fee of £25m on a five-year contract.

DR Congo international Bolasie had been linked with a move to Villa's promotion rivals Middlesbrough.

"My main aim here is to get this club promoted. A club of this stature has to be in the Premier League," Bolasie told the Aston Villa website.external-link

"I looked around both Villa Park and the training ground, and me and my family just said 'wow'. It's Premier League everywhere you look."

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  • Comment posted by DixieSixty, at 12:31 25 Aug 2018

    As per usual, all the worst, most bitter and dumbest comments come from LFC fans. Bolasie was out injured for 18 months of the last 2 years. As an EFC fan I wish him well, hope he can get back to his best. Didn't work out at EFC but it might for him at Villa.

  • Comment posted by footiefan81, at 11:33 25 Aug 2018

    Really good for signing for us if he gets anywhere near the form he showed at Palace that got him the £30m move to Everton.

  • Comment posted by graham radford, at 11:29 25 Aug 2018

    If he stays fit a very good signing, a lot of competition for places, still feel a solid centre back required, or play people in there natural posistions, jedinek in my view is not a centre back, the keepers need time, but not too much as we need to be challenging automatic promotion all season. A competitive league as always.

  • Comment posted by MikeyMann, at 12:24 25 Aug 2018

    Good luck to Bolasie and Villa, if he stays fit then will make a major impact.

    I was never sure that he as good enough for Everton and with the injuries we'll never know. Everton have moved on.

    Hope it works out for Villa and they get back to the top league where they deserve to be - a great club with a proud history.

    That said I haven't forgiven them for 1977 League Cup Final.

    COYB

  • Comment posted by FXImpactUser, at 11:57 25 Aug 2018

    Good signing for Villa, suspect he’ll do well for them!

  • Comment posted by Knighton Palace, at 13:30 25 Aug 2018

    As a Palace fan I have seen a lot of Bolasie, he is one of the most unpredictable players I have seen ! even for a winger, half the time I am not even sure he knows what he is going to do next, but he is very enjoyable to watch !

    So good luck to him at the Villa, he deserves a break after such a bad injury !!

  • Comment posted by madmarvel, at 11:47 25 Aug 2018

    1. Posted by Redbobby4president

    Considering he missed most of the last 1 and half years with a serious knee injury, then you might sound like you know what you're talking about, good luck Yannick, come back stronger

  • Comment posted by RedEnvoy, at 12:16 25 Aug 2018

    if his fitness & recovery from his injuries & near 2 season absence is full & complete. villa have a quality signing.. though best on loan than signing to confirm recovery.

    as a Boro fan i was concerned about fitness we need to move on & get some pace & creativity in.

    good luck to him & villa except when they play us.

    UTB!

  • Comment posted by john falk, at 11:36 25 Aug 2018

    hope he does well

  • Comment posted by j81n, at 13:34 25 Aug 2018

    Good luck to Bolasie, he has a top attitude and that was a really unfortunate injury. I don't get the negativity about him, he didn't set his (ridiculous) fee!

  • Comment posted by Attackattackattack, at 12:19 25 Aug 2018

    One thing is certain...he passed a medical before signing. Could be the difference for Villa this year. Good luck to him.

  • Comment posted by martan, at 12:11 25 Aug 2018

    @14 calvadiv

    And what team is it that you support?? We are not even close to being a joke club we are successful historical and a great great club

  • Comment posted by Steve Mc, at 13:39 25 Aug 2018

    Best of luck to Bolasie. It's a shame that injury ruined his time at Everton. That said, he's got a great opportunity at a great club. Hopefully, Villa and Bolasie will make the EPL next season. He will get a huge clap from me at Goodison if/when he returns.

  • Comment posted by Columbia-84, at 11:27 25 Aug 2018

    All PL teams loan too much atm, they need to change the rules regarding loans like under 21's only or something, if they ain't good enough then sell them otherwise

  • Comment posted by John boy Green , at 13:45 25 Aug 2018

    We had him down at Plymouth Argyle a few years ago, awesome, unpredictable and exciting, good luck at the villa my son and hopefully you can regain the form you had at Palace to get your big money move.

  • Comment posted by WSV, at 13:32 25 Aug 2018

    Great to see yet another exciting midfield / winger arriving at Villa Park.

    We still need another out and out forward - Tammy Abraham, maybe?

    We also need to see Mile Jedinak moved out of the central defensive role that he clearly can't play.

    Still, a sea-change from where we were just over a month ago, so still just feeling utter relief that Villa aren't in administration.

  • Comment posted by ROY, at 12:42 25 Aug 2018

    Coming back from long term injuries is difficult at championship level with the number of matches and the physicality of the games. The question is will he be able to handle it if so good signing if not expensive mistake

  • Comment posted by cannonball kid, at 11:55 25 Aug 2018

    As soon as a story that has anything at all to do with Everton, the obsessed LFC fans like Posted by Redbobby4president are all over it.

  • Comment posted by JD, at 13:58 25 Aug 2018

    Good luck to the lad, never easy coming back from serious injury. Reminds me a bit of Asprilla, you never know what's going to happen next. Was never worth the money, but that's the crazy transfer market for you.

  • Comment posted by DixieSixty, at 12:36 25 Aug 2018

    24. Posted by Ozil Gummidge on
    4 minutes ago
    £25m players in championship, on ruddy loan?
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Norwich (a Championship club) signed James Maddison for £20m this past summer. Salford, a non league team, signed a player from SPL side Aberdeen because they offered him more money.
    Times have changed at all levels of football.

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