January Transfer Window 😂

[Johnnyred1]

We would get a decent development fee for Barron regardless.

[sooth_stander]

Maybe Ruby and Garters aren’t as badly injured as originally thought.

[brunstanesheep]

3 minutes ago, pittodriepie83 said:

Edgar Davids?

Daley Blind

[Tord31]

Just now, sooth_stander said:

Maybe Ruby and Garters aren’t as badly injured as originally thought.

Gartenmann back for Celtic and Rubezic out for 8-10 weeks

[Ernie McCracken]

Tbh I'm not really bothered by the lack of signings.  I'm more concerned about what this indicates in terms of the competence of the people running the football side of the club.

[Yorston Vasey]

1 minute ago, Tord31 said:

Gartenmann back for Celtic and Rubezic out for 8-10 weeks

Thought Rubi was dead, hence the shirt tribute the other night.

[Geoff_Tipps]

1 minute ago, sooth_stander said:

Maybe Ruby and Gsrters aren’t as badly injured as originally thought.

Did you not hear? Ruby passed away on Monday evening. Lovely tribute on Tuesday by Sokler and Miovski.

[Willo flood]

2 minutes ago, sooth_stander said:

Maybe Ruby and Garters aren’t as badly injured as originally thought.

Maybe. But doesn’t excuse us not signing a winger

[starryfish]

3 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Gartenmann back for Celtic and Rubezic out for 8-10 weeks

That’s a blow

[Millertime]

4 minutes ago, Ernie McCracken said:

Tbh I'm not really bothered by the lack of signings.  I'm more concerned about what this indicates in terms of the competence of the people running the football side of the club.

Away you go

We need signings 

[Russell]

So we have a head of recruitment, so good he was headhunted within 6 months, but he'll leave without a single signing? 

[King Street Loon]

A Dutch club made a bid of £1.75million for Duk which was rejected by the Dons.

 

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Deadline day latest: Aberdeen REJECT bids for Duk and Connor Barron; Dons tried for Mattie Pollock loan AND permanent deal

A Dutch club made a bid of £1.75million for Duk which was rejected by the Dons.

by Danny Law

Updated February 1 2024, 9:02 pm

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Aberdeen's Duk celebrates scoring to make it 1-0 against PAOK in Greece. Image: SNS.

Aberdeen have rejected deadline day bids for striker Duk and midfielder Connor Barron.

Cape Verde international Duk was absent from Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Dundee and has been linked with Spanish side Leganes.

The Press and Journal understands the Dons have rejected a £1.75million bid from a top-flight club in the Netherlands for the 23-year-old, who moved to Aberdeen from Benfica B in July 2022.

A bid of around the same figure from Leganes was also turned down.

It is understood Benfica would be due a percentage – possibly as high as 50% – of any transfer fee if Duk completes a move away from Pittodrie.

Duk, who is under contract until the summer of 2025, was named Aberdeen’s player of the year and players’ player of the year last season and the bids received by the Dons so far have not been close to their valuation of the player.

The Dons also turned down a £500,000 bid from a club in England for midfielder Barron, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

Both Duk and Barron are now set to remain at Pittodrie until the summer and be part of the squad that Barry Robson’s successor inherits.

Centre-midfielder Barron, 21, has started only seven of Aberdeen’s 21 league fixtures this season.

As it stands, the Dons are not anticipating any more departures today.

Midfielder Killian Phillips, who joined on loan from Crystal Palace, has been Aberdeen’s only new arrival of the transfer window.

The Republic of Ireland under-21 international joined the Reds on Sunday on a deal until the end of the season.

The Dons hope the box-to-box midfielder will fill the void left by Ylber Ramadani following his move to Italian Serie A side Lecce in the summer.

Permanent deal for Pollok rejected

The Dons were looking to bolster their defensive options for the second half of the campaign following the recent injuries to Slobodan Rubezic and Stefan Gartenmann.

Aberdeen were hoping to bring Watford defender Mattie Pollock back to the club.

The Dons tried to sign the 22-year-old on loan AND also made an attempt to land the player on a permanent deal.

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Deadline day latest: Aberdeen REJECT bids for Duk and Connor Barron; Dons tried for Mattie Pollock loan AND permanent deal

A Dutch club made a bid of £1.75million for Duk which was rejected by the Dons.

by Danny Law

Updated February 1 2024, 9:02 pm

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Aberdeen's Duk celebrates scoring to make it 1-0 against PAOK in Greece. Image: SNS.

Aberdeen have rejected deadline day bids for striker Duk and midfielder Connor Barron.

Cape Verde international Duk was absent from Tuesday’s 1-1 draw against Dundee and has been linked with Spanish side Leganes.

The Press and Journal understands the Dons have rejected a £1.75million bid from a top-flight club in the Netherlands for the 23-year-old, who moved to Aberdeen from Benfica B in July 2022.

A bid of around the same figure from Leganes was also turned down.

It is understood Benfica would be due a percentage – possibly as high as 50% – of any transfer fee if Duk completes a move away from Pittodrie.

Duk, who is under contract until the summer of 2025, was named Aberdeen’s player of the year and players’ player of the year last season and the bids received by the Dons so far have not been close to their valuation of the player.

Duk celebrates after scoring to make it 1-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Image: SNS.

The Dons also turned down a £500,000 bid from a club in England for midfielder Barron, who is out of contract at the end of the season.

Both Duk and Barron are now set to remain at Pittodrie until the summer and be part of the squad that Barry Robson’s successor inherits.

Centre-midfielder Barron, 21, has started only seven of Aberdeen’s 21 league fixtures this season.

As it stands, the Dons are not anticipating any more departures today.

Aberdeen midfielder Connor Barron in action against Ross County in Dingwall. Image: Shutterstock.

Midfielder Killian Phillips, who joined on loan from Crystal Palace, has been Aberdeen’s only new arrival of the transfer window.

The Republic of Ireland under-21 international joined the Reds on Sunday on a deal until the end of the season.

The Dons hope the box-to-box midfielder will fill the void left by Ylber Ramadani following his move to Italian Serie A side Lecce in the summer.

Permanent deal for Pollok rejected

The Dons were looking to bolster their defensive options for the second half of the campaign following the recent injuries to Slobodan Rubezic and Stefan Gartenmann.

Aberdeen were hoping to bring Watford defender Mattie Pollock back to the club.

The Dons tried to sign the 22-year-old on loan AND also made an attempt to land the player on a permanent deal.

Mattie Pollock is set to remain with Watford for the rest of the season. Image: SNS.

But Watford have decided to keep Pollock at the club for the rest of the season following his impressive display against Southampton in a 1-1 draw in the FA Cup on Sunday.

 

Earlier this week, the Dons tried to sign Wigan Athletic defender Jason Kerr, however, the former St Johnstone captain is expected to remain with the Latics.

Kerr recently returned to action for English League One Wigan after more than a year out following a serious knee injury, and started their defeat to Stevenage at the weekend.

There has been some positive news for the Dons on the defensive front as Gartenmann is making a quicker than expected recovery from a foot injury and should be available for selection for this weekend’s visit of Celtic.

Meanwhile, Montenegro international Rubezic will not require an operation following the knee injury he sustained in last week’s 1-1 draw with St Johnstone.

He is expected to be on the sidelines for eight to ten weeks.

Or Dadia, Rhys Williams and Vicente Besuijen have all departed during the window with Dadia and Williams returning to their parent clubs, Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Liverpool respectively, following disappointing loan spells.

Besuijen has joined Dutch side FC Emmen on loan for the rest of the season.

Liverpool defender Williams had joined Port Vale on loan for the second half of the season but the English League One side confirmed on deadline day that the 22-year-old is going to return to his parent club “following the emergence of an underlying injury issue”.

 

[RedRichard]

8 minutes ago, Geoff_Tipps said:

Did you not hear? Ruby passed away on Monday evening. Lovely tribute on Tuesday by Sokler and Miovski.

Just apply some electricity to big Rubenstein's heid and he'll be back

[GDON21]

14 minutes ago, Johnnyred1 said:

We would get a decent development fee for Barron regardless.

Yeh but selling him would allow us to insert a sell on clause. 

[Frank Grimes]

Gunner out 

Under qualified & over promoted 

[Chester Don]

My fear is of Duk stays his head will not be in it at all, he clearly wants away and the last thing we need is him spitting his dummy out.  

[RabidGiraffe]

New manager shows off what he's taught Ruby in their first training session together:

 

 

[Baaaaa heid]

Off to bed early start tomorrow, if someone comes in great if not meh , hopefully nobody leaves 

[Kiriakov33]

3 minutes ago, Chester Don said:

My fear is of Duk stays his head will not be in it at all, he clearly wants away and the last thing we need is him spitting his dummy out.  

He’ll be on the bus to the next away game playing a trumpet!  

[Dons79]

Under 2 hours left #prayfortord 🙏

[Durrant Dived]

We've just sacked our manager the day before deadline day, and a lot of you are surprised the board have failed at getting deals over the line?

If all we can do at this time in the window is spunk money on bringing in shite loans like markanday tate monakana etc then I'd rather sign no one and put the money towards a better manager. 

[Tord31]

1 minute ago, Dons79 said:

Under 2 hours left #prayfortord 🙏

Thank you

[Dandys1983]

29 minutes ago, Dandys1983 said:

Things change 

Ive not spoken to any of my contacts since this afternoon, but things do change quickly, anyway I'm on holiday far away from Aberdeen. 🍺

[Tord31]

Duk sitting in Madrid apparently. Some fan claiming he is there and Dons are asking for €2M and a rebuy option (bit of a strange shout)

[Arthur FN Shelby]

If Miovski keeps scoring inevitable he will be off in summer along with a Duk. Struck it lucky with those two, could we repeat it? 

[Johnnyred1]

4 minutes ago, Dons79 said:

Under 2 hours left #prayfortord 🙏

And the ITK posters.

[KenDodd'sDad]

Duk and Miovski away in the summer then, something to look forward to.

[Zeus]

1 minute ago, Arthur FN Shelby said:

If Miovski keeps scoring inevitable he will be off in summer along with a Duk. Struck it lucky with those two, could we repeat it? 

Still have Gueye. Be absolutely fine 

[milne_afc]

Twitter meltdowns imminent. Great stuff.

That’s the admin staff getting tagged 😂

[Millertime]

4 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Duk sitting in Madrid apparently. Some fan claiming he is there and Dons are asking for €2M and a rebuy option (bit of a strange shout)

Where do you see that on his Instagram.