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Everton winger Bolasie explains prospective Anderlecht move: “I have to play”

Yannick Bolasie

Everton winger Yannick Bolasie would be interested in a move to Anderlecht as he needs game time ahead of this summer’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The 29-year-old joined Aston Villa on loan at the start of the season, but the deal was cut short earlier this month at his behest.

Bolasie missed a year of football after rupturing a cruciate ligament in December 2016, and has made just 32 appearances for Everton since joining from Crystal Palace in a £25 million deal in August 2016.

Belgian side Anderlecht are aiming to tie up a loan move for the winger, and with DR Congo still in contention for a place at this summer’s AFCON, Bolasie admitted that another departure from Goodison Park is tempting.

“Anderlecht can be interesting for me", he told HLN.

“I have seen the information circulate, I don’t say ‘no’. After all, I have to play with a view to the Africa Cup of Nations that is coming.”

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.