Gerrard, Digne, Sanson - Every word Boubacar Kamara has said since Aston Villa free transfer

Aston Villa's latest summer signing Boubacar Kamara has spoken for the first time since arriving at Bodymoor Heath after agreeing a free transfer following the expiration of a contract at Marseille.

The 22-year-old put pen to paper on a five-year contract at Villa Park on Monday morning after flying into Birmingham on a private jet with wife Coralie and their two sons, Leeroy and Kingsley. Kamara checked in at the club's training ground alongside head coach Steven Gerrard, sporting director Johan Lange and Villa ’s operations manager Matt Bennett.

While there, the midfielder sat down with Villa TV to talk about the transfer and how it came to be. Here is every word from the almost four-minute sit-down conducted in French but translated into English.

Thank you. I am very pleased to be an Aston Villa player. I thought a lot about it and think this is the correct decision for my career. I am excited to begin wearing the jersey of Aston Villa.

The coach was very important to me. He came to see me in Marseille, in my home. We discussed a lot of things and spoke about the move and there was a great feeling. He played a huge part in my decision to sign here and I hope I can return all the confidence he put in me.

I think the Premier League is the best league in the world. I look forward to experiencing this league and I hope we will have a year full of passion

They came to me and showed great ambition. There is really a great project taking shape here and I’m glad to be part of it.

It is true I played a lot of matches in Europe and now I look forward to meeting my teammates and I hope we will have a great season.

My style, I would say that I am a soldier of the team, this means no matter how the coach wants to use me, in