Aston Villa legend Gabby Agbonlahor believes Chelsea will regret selling Ian Maatsen.

The Netherlands have given permission for Maatsen to undergo a medical ahead of his £37.5m move to Aston Villa.

When asked if Chelsea will regret selling Maatsen, he told talkSPORT.com: “100%. I get why they are letting him go, £35-40million, they’ve already got Marc Cucurella, they’ve got Ben Chilwell, they don’t need another left back.

“But he could end up being better than both.

“Young age of 22, we’ll bite their hands off. He’s a player who’s going to play every week, six year deal, Aston Villa are going to start doing that as well with youngsters, getting them signed up long term.

“So I think it’s one that Chelsea will regret and one that Aston Villa fans are going to love. He’ll start and then it wouldn’t surprise me if Lucas Digne moves on and Alex Moreno is the back-up left back.”

He had been hoping for a move to Borussia Dortmund but they could not agree a fee below their £35m option to buy and have ultimately been priced out of the market.