Aston Villa boss Dean Smith has made a very good case for Abraham staying back at the club.
Smith said: “There has been a lot of speculation about him. What I am led to believe is that it is the lad’s choice if he stays or not – I don’t think Chelsea will push him either way. I personally – and I have told Tammy the same – don’t think it would be a great decision for him [to go on loan elsewhere]. I think he is in a win-win here. We have got a Premier player who is on loan with us in the Championship at the moment and he is proving how good he is. I think he wants to continue to do that, and we hope he continues to do that.”
“You want to be happy in his job – and he has got a smile on his face,” added Smith. “He is only 21 and you need some guidance at times. He has got very good parents, who will help guide him, and he has also got [Villa assistant coach] John Terry, who he has known since he was eight or nine years old and who will give him great advice as well. But there is only one person who can make the decision and that is Tammy – and I told him to go with what his gut feeling is.
“If it is to stay at Aston Villa and become a legend – which he can do, because he could be the one to take us into the Premier League this season – I would be only too happy. He has got 40,000 fans singing his name at the moment, and that can only be a good feeling for a young 21-year-old lad.”
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