Out Of Contract

[Granite95]

1 hour ago, The Gee Man said:

Stewart will be back i reckon for pre season at least, won’t play but will be away towards the end. Hopefully with a mutual free parting of the ways

Think I'd seen he's due back for MK Dons soon, hopefully get shot of him in the summer, totally useless 

[Dave Bus]

2 hours ago, Don_Corleone said:

Small fee but with decent sell on clause maybe. Not sure what level he'd be looking at just now - maybe the kind of player some team in Italy or Belgium would take a punt on, either that or he'll be looking at lower end of Championship, or probably League 1 in England.

He'd probably be better signing an extension and knuckling down and catching the eye again next season.

Italy or Belgium eh? Next stop for him is cove.

[Andy_123]

Young Connor's going nowhere decent in a hurry that's for sure. If we can get an offer with a decent sell on clause I'd take it.

Getting dropped from a Jim Goodwin Aberdeen team isn't exactly a strong selling point for yourself.

[Ten Caat]

5 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Clarkson? 

Out of our price range you'd imagine

[WesthillWanderersFC]

9 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Clarkson? 

Would absolutely keep him.

He’ll get a far better contract elsewhere though & Liverpool would want a fee we couldn’t afford anyway. 

 

[Dave Bus]

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Would absolutely keep him.

He’ll get a far better contract elsewhere though & Liverpool would want a fee we couldn’t afford anyway. 

 

Qpr we’re interested in him in January, enquiring if Liverpool could cancel his loan and them take it over, he’ll get twice as much at QPR as he would with us anyway.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

13 minutes ago, Dave Bus said:

Qpr we’re interested in him in January, enquiring if Liverpool could cancel his loan and them take it over, he’ll get twice as much at QPR as he would with us anyway.

At least twice as much sadly. 

[jamiesd]

1 hour ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Clarkson? 

As everyone has said, probably not realistic.  Do you not think he vanishes quite a bit in games?

[Daisy1903]

5 hours ago, The Gee Man said:

Should be attempting a Duk style deal , move him onto a club for nothing as long as we get a percentage of a resale 

Not what happened with Duk. We paid a fee so there wasn't a percentage added. It was Hibs that got the boy for nothing

[Tord31]

6 hours ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Young Connor needs sold if he’s got zero intention of re-signing, which it looks like he doesn’t.

He’ll only have 12 months contract left 

It’ll help with the rebuild & the double figure number of players we’ll need 

By binning I was meaning paying off of which the candidates would be the absolute duds; Lewis, Stewart, Morris, Richardson and Roberts. Given we are so short of bodies we'll likely humour the majority of them until at least August.

If we can get Barron away for anything north of £600k its a deal and goes towards funding a couple of transfer fees on new players. If we can get a million quid then someone at the club should be pocketing some of it as a reward

[King Street Loon]

12 hours ago, Tord31 said:

By binning I was meaning paying off of which the candidates would be the absolute duds; Lewis, Stewart, Morris, Richardson and Roberts. Given we are so short of bodies we'll likely humour the majority of them until at least August.

If we can get Barron away for anything north of £600k its a deal and goes towards funding a couple of transfer fees on new players. If we can get a million quid then someone at the club should be pocketing some of it as a reward

You need to get out more Tord, you're overthinking things again.

[Durrant Dived]

Just let Barron rot in the reserves for the last year of his contract. We are guaranteed compensation regardless and I doubt clubs are itching to pay much more than that for him.

[Sheeptastic]

15 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Clarkson? 

Not sure whether he is out of contract this summer or next but he should probably be looking at leaving Liverpool and trying his hand in Italy or the like. Waste of time going to a QPR with the ability he has.

[Dave Bus]

1 hour ago, Durrant Dived said:

Just let Barron rot in the reserves for the last year of his contract. We are guaranteed compensation regardless and I doubt clubs are itching to pay much more than that for him.

Probably worth it as a lesson to fellow Aberdeen youngsters coming through

[sooth_stander]

15 hours ago, Tord31 said:

If we can get Barron away for anything north of £600k it’s a deal and goes towards funding a couple of transfer fees on new players. If we can get a million quid then someone at the club should be pocketing some of it as a reward

Not getting anywhere near £600k for Barron this summer. Should get circa £400k training compensation the following summer.

On the other side of the coin, with Clarkson away at the end of the season, if Robson gets the management gig full time, maybe, just maybe, he can get Barron back on track both in his head and on the field. Might not be the lost cause we think he is.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

6 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Not getting anywhere near £600k for Barron this summer. Should get circa £400k training compensation the following summer.

On the other side of the coin, with Clarkson away at the end of the season, if Robson gets the management gig full time, maybe, just maybe, he can get Barron back on track both in his head and on the field. Might not be the lost cause we think he is.

Regardless, he’s half the player Clarkson is. 

[NEM]

On 3/24/2023 at 7:07 PM, Tord31 said:

 

If we can get Barron away for anything north of £600k its a deal and goes towards funding a couple of transfer fees on new players. If we can get a million quid then someone at the club should be pocketing some of it as a reward

LOL

10 hours ago, Durrant Dived said:

Just let Barron rot in the reserves for the last year of his contract. We are guaranteed compensation regardless and I doubt clubs are itching to pay much more than that for him.

Hopefully that’s what transpires 

[Tord31]

1 hour ago, NEM said:

LOL

Hopefully that’s what transpires 

Aye he's been utterly dogshit this season but his agent must have some conversations happening to be sure to knock back our contract offers

[Andy_123]

1 hour ago, Tord31 said:

Aye he's been utterly dogshit this season but his agent must have some conversations happening to be sure to knock back our contract offers

Same agent as Consi I think I remember being said before?

[Hoofball]

3 minutes ago, Andy_123 said:

Same agent as Consi I think I remember being said before?

He hit his ceiling getting Consi a 2 year deal at St Johnstone, there’s no way he’s getting Barron a move to England with the form he’s shown all season

[Helmet]

On 3/24/2023 at 7:07 PM, Tord31 said:

By binning I was meaning paying off of which the candidates would be the absolute duds; Lewis, Stewart, Morris, Richardson and Roberts. Given we are so short of bodies we'll likely humour the majority of them until at least August.

If we can get Barron away for anything north of £600k its a deal and goes towards funding a couple of transfer fees on new players. If we can get a million quid then someone at the club should be pocketing some of it as a reward

No chance can we pay off 5 players and neither should we imo.

For one thing the squad is tiny and if we pay them all off we'll be back to the maximum number of loan players again- no thanks.

Maybe 1 or 2 with no future might be paid off, the others are needed even if only as squad depth. Bring in better players and let them be the back ups for now.

It's also possible that one or two of them might do better with a proper manager- it's clear as day now that Goodwin was a complete fraud.

[Byrne Baby Byrne]

12 hours ago, sooth_stander said:

Not getting anywhere near £600k for Barron this summer. Should get circa £400k training compensation the following summer.

On the other side of the coin, with Clarkson away at the end of the season, if Robson gets the management gig full time, maybe, just maybe, he can get Barron back on track both in his head and on the field. Might not be the lost cause we think he is.

Aye I can’t see anyone bidding £600k for Barron. 
 

we all know there were times mckenna & Ferguson were accused of being uninterested but never to the extent they couldn’t even get a game for us. How are you going to make it in England if you can’t get in the team for a dons side who aren’t even having a remotely good season

[Tord31]

43 minutes ago, Helmet said:

No chance can we pay off 5 players and neither should we imo.

For one thing the squad is tiny and if we pay them all off we'll be back to the maximum number of loan players again- no thanks.

Maybe 1 or 2 with no future might be paid off, the others are needed even if only as squad depth. Bring in better players and let them be the back ups for now.

It's also possible that one or two of them might do better with a proper manager- it's clear as day now that Goodwin was a complete fraud.

We wont be paying anyone off soon but there has to be a big question whether Stewart rocks up for pre season.

He's heading straight for a mutual consenting the night before pre season starts

[Hoofball]

13 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

We wont be paying anyone off soon but there has to be a big question whether Stewart rocks up for pre season.

He's heading straight for a mutual consenting the night before pre season starts

I expect a deal along the lines of Ramirez, he’ll fucks off but Aberdeen won’t be out of pocket

[Granite95]

4 hours ago, Andy_123 said:

Same agent as Consi I think I remember being said before?

Aye the very same, think Goodwin took a hump with the agent over the Consi contract situation (can't blame him)

End of the day Barron's agent has been putting stupid thoughts into his head and has meant his value is nowhere near what is was at the start of the season

[Sonoftherock]

He’ll get a good deal still from someone… as mentioned, his agent must have some concrete interest from clubs willing to take him on a training compo.

Thing is, if he’d signed the contract, got his head down and played for us, he’d have got a decent move next year anyway - plenty of suitors for talented young British born players. Would have been a winning situation all round… the current predicament is pretty sad…

[fine-n-dandy]

Doubt many would care much now if he was sold to Celtic compared to when it was first rumoured 

[Tord31]

8 minutes ago, fine-n-dandy said:

Doubt many would care much now if he was sold to Celtic compared to when it was first rumoured 

celtic would certainly be interested but it would be a bit shocking for him to take next season in the lowland league

[NEM]

8 hours ago, Sonoftherock said:

He’ll get a good deal still from someone… as mentioned, his agent must have some concrete interest from clubs willing to take him on a training compo.

Thing is, if he’d signed the contract, got his head down and played for us, he’d have got a decent move next year anyway - plenty of suitors for talented young British born players. Would have been a winning situation all round… the current predicament is pretty sad…

Not sure clubs will be queueing up to pay a fee for him after 18 months in the wilderness, regardless what's previously been agreed with his snake of an agent

[G man]

20 minutes ago, NEM said:

Not sure clubs will be queueing up to pay a fee for him after 18 months in the wilderness, regardless what's previously been agreed with his snake of an agent

Agents are poison ,earning large sums of money for themselves and often negotiating deals for particularly young players which is often not in the players best interests. Wouldn’t allow players to have an agent at such a young age as Barron is.