Former Aston Villa captain Gabby Agbonlahor believes fans will accept Jack Grealish moving on.
Grealish is a summer target for Manchester United.
And Agbonlahor told talkSPORT: "You know what football fans are like, they never want to lose their best players, but for me as a Villa fan if he can keep us up and then had a move where he's got a chance of playing Champions League football, playing with elite stars, then I'd give him my blessing. I'd understand that.
“I might get a bit of stick for this, but it's what I'd do in his position.
“He's got a chance to join a club like Manchester United, or Tottenham, whoever is interested in him, and he's got the chance to win trophies, to play in the Champions League and maybe a better chance to get into the England squad.
“So from that point of view you can understand it and I feel Villa fans will be happy with what he's done for Aston Villa and hopefully, fingers crossed, he's kept them up.
“At this time of his career, he's coming into his prime at 25, so he can't really turn down a chance of going to a top club, you just can't do it.
“I feel like deep, deep down the fans will be like, 'thank you very much, you saved us, you kept us up and we understand you've got bigger goals you want to achieve in the game'."