Brad Guzan gets a move to the Premier League and Aston Villa fans are absolutely ecstatic

So much for eight years at the club. See ya later, Brad.

It's not hard to get on the wrong side of the Aston Villa fans and the farewell messages appearing on Twitter at the news of Guzan's departure to 'Boro is testament to that. The Birmingham Mail summed it up:

"Brad Guzan will look back on his Aston Villa career with a bitter taste in his mouth. "Heckled on the streets and booed from the stands in recent times, the USA stopper felt the full wrath of relegation. "That sort of treatment isn’t pleasant, especially for Guzan - one of football’s good guys."

He was always a loyal servant for the club, reliable understudy to compatriot and namesake Friedel and then making the starting berth his own, holding up under relentless threat of relegation with Paul Lambert at the helm. His ability to come for crosses - any bloody sniff of a cross - was for a while unparalleled and then the American started to get nervous. He started doubting himself, he began to feel the pressure and anxiety from the stands and mistakes were followed up by costly moments of indecision until Villa Park could no longer trust him. In the end, it didn't even look like he couldn't even trust himself. So the club had some good news for the fans on Friday - Guzan was gone. And, despite having a year left on his contract, it was being reported that they just offloaded him for free up to Middelsbrough. https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/758957930787901441 It didn't really break many hearts. Applause broke out. https://twitter.com/gsmyly/status/758958158094098432 https://twitter.com/TommTAV/status/758958104620912640 Champagne broke out. https://twitter.com/Pxrtridge/status/758958037931401216   Some people don't have any filter. https://twitter.com/MattyAVFC_/status/758958301098876929 But, generally, most people were just very damn happy. https://twitter.com/Adrian_Siggins/status/758975509321490434 https://twitter.com/will_avfc/status/758969288459821056 And thankful. https://twitter.com/Alfieafc14/status/758958015127035904 https://twitter.com/AvfcAgnew/status/758958063046885376 And insulting. https://twitter.com/MattPadget/status/758978543640457216 Just happy they have something to smile about for once. https://twitter.com/Akining_/status/758958044763922432 Some touching words. https://twitter.com/EatonJoel/status/758981797795422208 And words of warning. https://twitter.com/ollyoakes77/status/758976184847704065 It didn't look possible for a while but they got there. https://twitter.com/Teago_AVFC/status/758967736349274112 Really though. https://twitter.com/fl3_7ch/status/758961943285608448 Even the Middelsbrough fans aren't happy. https://twitter.com/davinaMFC/status/758960535559745539