In all fairness to Aston Villa, you can completely understand why many of their fans, players and staff are so keen to see Tammy Abraham return to the Midlands next season.

It is probably fair to say that without the 21-year-old's club high 26 goals during his season long loan spell at the club from Chelsea this year, Dean Smith's side would have been nowhere near the play-offs, let alone winning them to secure a first return to the Premier League in three years.

It appears however, that Villa's wish will not be coming true. According to The Sun, Abraham has told Villa boss Dean Smith and coach John Terry that he is keen to try and break into Chelsea's first team next season, and would not be able to forgive himself if he does not attempt to do so in the coming campaign, which he feels is his best opportunity to break into the Stamford Bridge side.

While many will see this as a setback at the start of a transfer window that simply has to go right for Villa if they are to have any hope of remaining in the Premier League beyond next season, you only need to look at Abraham's top flight record to see that the situation here at least, may not be as worrying as it appears.

Although he has been prolific in both of his seasons on loan in the second tier with Bristol City and Villa respectively, Abraham's only full season in the top flight so far did not go anywhere near according to plan.

Sandwiched between those two campaigns in the Championship, the striker spent a year on loan at Swansea in the top flight, where he managed just five league goals in 31 appearances as the Wales based side saw their time in the Premier League come to an end.

Given it had been reported by The Telegraph that Abraham would have cost Villa at least £25million had his move been made permanent in the summer, had the striker then gone onto produce another season similar to the one he had in Wales, the cost to Villa could have been huge.

As it is, Villa may now be able to spend that £25million elsewhere to build theirs into a side that is more than capable of surviving in the Premier League.

We may never know whether or not Abraham would have been capable of getting the goals required to keep Aston Villa in the Premier League, but given the difference in what his current legacy is in Villa and in Swansea, that may not be a bad thing.