Aston Villa have a proud history of developing some of the brightest talent to grace the game through their youth academy.

These players have gone on to set the pitch alight at Villa Park and at some of the biggest stages in world football.

Here out team give their thoughts as to who is Aston Villa's best academy graduate ever?

We discuss.....

Jay Taylor

Straight away Gary Cahill springs to mind having left the club and gone on to win a plethora of personal and team accolades with Chelsea after a move there from Bolton.

The FA Cup, Premier League UEFA Champions League and FIFA Super Cup to name a few, he has certainly been a player that has gone on to have a stellar career since leaving Villa Park.

It’s hard to see a player in recent memory that has been as successful as the England international coming from Villa’s academy.

Gary Hutchinson

It’s a toss up between two.

There’s obvious Jack Grealish, a supremely talented buy with a huge future ahead of him.

In terms of achievement though, Gary Cahill is surely the top man isn’t he?

Caps, trophies and success have been the order of the day for him.

George Harbey

I’d go as far as saying Jack Grealish.

Villa won’t develop a player who will attract multi million bids from Spurs in the near future, and Grealish is a class act.