Villa attracted interest from many Asturian teams, but one of the province's bigger teams, Real Oviedo, declared that he was too short and that they did not believe he had sufficient potential.
Villa menarik minat dari banyak tim Asturian, tetapi salah satu tim besar di provinsi itu, Real Oviedo, menyatakan bahwa ia terlalu pendek dan bahwa mereka tidak percaya bahwa ia memiliki potensi yang cukup.