Aston Villa welcomed the return of Jack Grealish to first-team action with an emphatic performance against Derby County.

Winning 4-0, Grealish was at the heart of much of what was good about their showing and gave extra credence to Dean Smith's claim he's the best in the league.

Is he, though? We caught up with EFL on Quest pundit Dean Ashton to see what he thought.

He told us exclusively...

“He’s the best in his position, definitely.

“Aston Villa’s form and their results have shown how much they miss him when he is out and how much of an influence he was having when Dean Smith came in.

"Smith gave him a bit more freedom and he was influential in a good start and Smith’ll have missed him too, which is probably in part as to why he’s said what he’s said.

“At his best you would say he probably could and would be the best in the division but there are others who have had a superb season too.”

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