Aston Villa winger Yannick Bolasie shares what he thought when he first saw Villa Park

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Aston Villa wide-man Yannick Bolasie has only made a limited impact at Villa Park since joining from Everton.

Yannick Bolasie has told the Birmingham Mail that he felt Aston Villa was a Premier League club from the moment he took his first look around the club.

Bolasie shocked many when he dropped down to the Championship with Villa in the summer.

But the winger insists that he feels that claret and blues have everything that it takes to be playing in the top flight.

“When I come to Villa and looked around the place, it’s a Premier League club,” the Everton loanee said.

“But we’re not just going to get there without a fight.

“No team will just let us win in this league.

“It’s up to us to put on performances like we did at Derby.”

Bolasie has only been able to make a limited impact so far at Villa, after joining them.

The Democratic Republic of Congo international has struggled with fitness, and has not been able to make a start yet.

However, Bolasie is edging closer to full fitness now, after impressing in Villa’s last match against Derby County.

The tricky wide-man came off the bench to help Villa to a 3-0 victory over Derby.

And there have now been suggestions that Bolasie could go on and start in Dean Smith’s side’s next match against Birmingham City.