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Aston Villa’s James Chester says Wolves best team in Championship

Matty Taylor of Bristol City is challenged byJames Chester during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Bristol City at Villa Park...
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Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers will face each other in the Championship this weekend.

Aden Flint (L) of Bristol City is challenged by James Chester during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Bristol City at Villa Park on January 1, 2018 in Birmingham,...

Aston Villa defender James Chester has admitted to The Birmingham Mail that Wolverhampton Wanderers have been the best team in the Championship this season.

The 29-year-old central defender, who has been on the books of Villa since the summer of 2016 when he joined from West Bromwich Albion for an initial transfer fee reported by Express & Star to be worth £6 million, made the comments ahead of this weekend’s match between the two sides.

Matty Taylor of Bristol City is challenged byJames Chester during the Sky Bet Championship match between Aston Villa and Bristol City at Villa Park on January 1, 2018 in Birmingham,...

The Villans will take on Wolves at Villa Park in the Championship on Saturday evening.

“They have been the best team in the division all season,” Chester told The Birmingham Mail about Wolves.

James Chester of Aston Villa looks on during the Sky Bet Championship match between Derby County and Aston Villa at iPro Stadium on December 16, 2017 in Derby, England.

Obvious but telling

Chester’s observation about Wolves is quite obvious. Anyone who has followed the Championship this season with agree with the Villa centre-back that the Wanderers have been the best team in the Championship this season.

The comments from the former Hull City defender are also telling in that even a rival player admits that Wolves have been the best team in the Championship.

It shows just how highly Nuno’s side are rated and just how impressed their rivals have been.