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Everton winger Bolasie: Lukaku urged me to make Anderlecht move (though Aston Villa too!)

Everton winger Yannick Bolasie is delighted with his loan move at Anderlecht.

Bolasie struck twice for the draw with Club Brugge.

He admits Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku had an influence on the move.

Bolasie told HLN: "When Anderlecht came up, I immediately started talking to him. He lived on the other side of the street. He immediately told me: 'Go!'. Then I knew that in terms of accommodations et cetera would be no problem, because 'Rom' has some contacts in that area.

"In the end, I thought, 'Why not?' I also talked about Anderlecht with Mbokani and Mbemba, so it certainly did not just depend on 'Rom'.

"For example, he advised me to go to Aston Villa and I have taken that step anyway. Anderlecht was ideal for me because I can play here and there is pressure."

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