Rodhull Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 1 minute ago, Merkland Red said: A little surprised by that, only as I half expected we'd get an American in potentially with a link to Atlanta. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Russ Richardson has left the building! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Rodhull said: A little surprised by that, only as I half expected we'd get an American in potentially with a link to Atlanta. 3 minutes ago, betting competition said: Russ Richardson has left the building! Good news all around to be honest. A clear dig at Richardson there in terms of the new strategy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, betting competition said: Russ Richardson has left the building! Was he responsible for all our signings from England? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betting competition Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Good to see a promotion from within which Steven Gunn has been with the club a long time. He was Football Operations Manager anyway but now taking on other McInnes responsibilities. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Haven't spoken to him in a number of years but went to school with Gunn and he was always a decent lad, happy that someone from the backwater town I'm from has done something with themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, coprolite said: Was he responsible for all our signings from England? He was McInnes chosen man for recruitment. 4 minutes ago, betting competition said: Good to see a promotion from within which Steven Gunn has been with the club a long time. He was Football Operations Manager anyway but now taking on other McInnes responsibilities. We'll see what they say this evening. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 2 hours ago, tarapoa said: What he's basically saying is "I am a really bad agent" and not only that - "I also squeal to the media about how bad an agent I am". Lewis Ferguson should sack him and get one that knows how to write things into contracts - release clauses triggered by bids of a certain threshold for example. Maybe if there was some sort of gentleman's agreement with Ferguson , it was done with McInnes , in the same way as JET's agreement/understanding with Livvy was apparently made personally with Martindale. If so then AFC could be taking the stance that with McInnes gone , all bets are off as regards the unwritten agreement with Ferguson. That scenario could well leave Ferguson and his agent somewhat pissed off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheep62 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, BrendanGalloway said: The biggest problem with the club staying quite is Ferguson’s tosser of a agent. Maybe they did decide to stay quite but then got tipped off by a paper that a interview with agent would be in paper in the morning/evening. There has been many situations like this over the years and I always wonder how much of it is the player and how much is agent. To err once is human, to err twice is careless Edited May 20, 2021 by Sheep62 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, A96 said: Maybe if there was some sort of gentleman's agreement with Ferguson , it was done with McInnes , in the same way as JET's agreement/understanding with Livvy was apparently made personally with Martindale. If so then AFC could be taking the stance that with McInnes gone , all bets are off as regards the unwritten agreement with Ferguson. That scenario could well leave Ferguson and his agent somewhat pissed off. I don't believe Derek McInnes would have been paying Ferguson, nor Ferguson working for McInnes personally. He wouldn't be in any position to give a personal assurance. Any agent advising their client to rely on any such assurance from someone in a role as insecure as a football manager would be stupid and negligent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Tbf it does seem pretty poor from Aberdeen, if his agent is right (they're lying b*****ds in general tbf). Sounds like he only extended his deal as Aberdeen agreed they'd negotiate with any EPL side that enquired, and nobody wanted a release clause. An EPL side has now enquired and Aberdeen have just rejected the offer and refused all negotiations. The transfer request isn't because the offer was rejected, its because Aberdeen are flat out refusing to negotiate with an EPL club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 6 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: Tbf it does seem pretty poor from Aberdeen, if his agent is right (they're lying b*****ds in general tbf). Sounds like he only extended his deal as Aberdeen agreed they'd negotiate with any EPL side that enquired, and nobody wanted a release clause. An EPL side has now enquired and Aberdeen have just rejected the offer and refused all negotiations. The transfer request isn't because the offer was rejected, its because Aberdeen are flat out refusing to negotiate with an EPL club. Behave. The agent will absolutely know how much Aberdeen are after. This is p.r to make the player blameless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: Behave. The agent will absolutely know how much Aberdeen are after. This is p.r to make the player blameless. I dunno tbh, yer man Cormack seems like an absolute slaver, and I could fully believe he would take some "we're Aberdeen, we don't negotiate" stance towards an EPL side to try and flex his muscles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheJTS98 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) It's not uncommon for a player submitting a transfer request to be part of the whole dance requested by the selling club so they can 'show' fans that they did all they could to keep a player/get the best fee. Years ago a mate of mine who then played for an SPL team told me that his club had asked two players to do it before they moved on. One moved and the other deal fell through. The Athletic have actually got a bit about this practise in an article about Kane today. Players do it because they don't care, they just want the deal done. Selling clubs like a transfer request because they get the fans off their back. A transfer request is meaningless. The club know the player wants to leave. It changes nothing. Filed straight in the bin. All just part of the big game. In one of his recent interviews Paul Hartley mentioned how daft he now feels about submitting a transfer request to Hearts in 2005. Along the lines of "I handed in a written request and told the club I wanted to leave, and they said 'Do you, aye?'." Pointless thing to do. A club will either pay what Aberdeen want or they won't. Edited May 20, 2021 by TheJTS98 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big al Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 A lot of bed wetting going on here. Transfer window not even open, Aberdeen quite rightly trying to maximise this deal as Ferguson is the biggest sellable asset left. Anyone who believe an agents pish has probably got 10 broken watches in their top drawer purchased on foreign holidays. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A96 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 21 minutes ago, coprolite said: I don't believe Derek McInnes would have been paying Ferguson, nor Ferguson working for McInnes personally. He wouldn't be in any position to give a personal assurance. Any agent advising their client to rely on any such assurance from someone in a role as insecure as a football manager would be stupid and negligent. I doubt if Martindale was paying JET's wages. And I'd imagine that McInnes was involved to some extent in the contract dealings with Ferguson and/or his agent. I don't know if Ferguson's contract extension was made before Cormack took over from Milne. If it was during Milne's tenure , though , then I wouldn't be surprised if Milne gave McInnes at least tacit authority to give Ferguson some sort of unwritten agreement about any future transfer. All speculation and guesswork on my part. I'm pretty sure , though , that even the thickest of players wouldnt need his agent to point out that an unwritten gentleman's agreement isn't watertight. Ferguson doesnt strike me as being particularly thick. Comes across as having head fairly welli screwed on, to me anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 15 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: I dunno tbh, yer man Cormack seems like an absolute slaver, and I could fully believe he would take some "we're Aberdeen, we don't negotiate" stance towards an EPL side to try and flex his muscles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highloon Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, coprolite said: I don't believe Derek McInnes would have been paying Ferguson, nor Ferguson working for McInnes personally. He wouldn't be in any position to give a personal assurance. Any agent advising their client to rely on any such assurance from someone in a role as insecure as a football manager would be stupid and negligent. Absolutely! Such an important 'agreement' should be in their Contract. Mickey Mouse! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: "we're Aberdeen, we don't negotiate" stance towards an EPL side to try and flex his muscles Hope so, it's long overdue. Changed day's from that loving cup drinking twat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, TommyDickFingers said: Hope so, it's long overdue. Changed day's from that loving cup drinking twat. It wouldn't work out well for your club long term if you start refusing to let promising young players progress to a higher level, tbh. Its shite but thats football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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