http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/spl/2936165/Dons-want-Kyle.html

 

I'm unsure. That's all I have to say.

Has anyone seen much of the lad Rooney? I can't imagine ICT will allow him to move on the cheap given that he's going to be playing in the SPL regardless now.

 

According to soccerbase they paid £50K for him and he has another year of his contract still to run so cannot see them letting him go for anything we can afford to pay.

Watched rooney when they played partick a few weeks ago. he was giving the Partick defence a torrid time but the way both defences were playing I think Leigh Hinds and lauren D'Jaffo would have looked like world beaters.

 

Would be very happy with Kyle for the young strikers to work with.

 

Unfortunately we still have at least another 6 (at least) players to get in  . . .

http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1703514/?UserKey=

 

Aberdeen have made contract offers to Kilmarnock forward Kevin Kyle and to Dons on-loan Plymouth attacker Steven MacLean.

 

Dons manager Mark McGhee met his board of directors this week to be told his budget and wants to gamble by going for quality and not quantity.

 

His ploy worked at Motherwell, with signings of the calibre of Stephen Hughes and Chris Porter leading the Steelmen into European football before Porter was sold to Derby County for a hefty profit.

 

McGhee has 12 players under contract for next season and initial claims he would be looking for as many as 10 signings have diminished as he attempts to compete against clubs in the lower leagues in England and in the SPL who will have bigger budgets.

 

Kyle has been a long-term target and a January transfer window attempt to sign him failed. But McGhee has gone back in for the one-time Scotland international, who has bounced around the leagues in England.

 

Kyle, 28, has scored 15 goals since joining Killie from Coventry in 2009 on an 18-month contract.

 

MacLean has been told he will be released on a free transfer by relegated Championship club Plymouth Argyle, despite having a year to run on his contract.

 

MacLean has had a less than spectacular loan spell which has so far yielded only four goals but McGhee is convinced the former Rangers player, 27, can succeed at Pittodrie – provided he has the right man playing alongside him in attack.

 

The manager knows his club is all but safe from relegation this season, but the injury and suspension problems which have bedeviled the campaign are back in force for tomorrow’s trip to St Johnstone.

 

 

Makes sense to me, its similar to what I was saying yesterday it makes no sense to sign 10 mediocre squad players, we just have to chance it and hope we avoid injuries and that there is enough youngsters to fill the gaps.

 

Kyle and MacLean should be a reasonable combination.

Hibs are in for Kyle according to the BBC Gossip Column and they say it's a straight fight between the two of us for him.

oh well, thats that then....

Assume we must have had permission from Plymouth to speak to one of their players who is still under contract.

Hibs are in for Kyle according to the BBC Gossip Column and they say it's a straight fight between the two of us for him.

 

Fuck me, how many forwards do Hibs need?!?!

Is Nish not a very similar type of player to Kyle?

Fuck me, how many forwards do Hibs need?!?!

 

Exactly what I was thinking Ally, but just been reading that Stokes and/or Riorden are likely to be sold in the summer window.

Exactly what I was thinking Ally, but just been reading that Stokes and/or Riorden are likely to be sold in the summer window.

 

Yeah if Stokes keeps scoring for fun then it won't be long until he heads south or signs for Celtic. As for Riordan, a lot of rumours going round he's Germany bound.

Is Nish not a very similar type of player to Kyle?

 

Would of thought they were so similar it would be nigh impossible to play them both at same time

Yeah if Stokes keeps scoring for fun then it won't be long until he heads south or signs for Celtic. As for Riordan, a lot of rumours going round he's Germany bound.

 

A girl I know was in a nightclub in glasgow a few weeks ago and Riordan was there. He walked up to her and said:

 

"I'm Derek Riordan. Do you fancy some casual sex?" 

 

I think Deek may struggle with the German for that so maybe best he stays in Scotland.

 

She said no, apparently. Or so she says anyway, surprised she didn't melt right there on the spot with charm like that...

Fuck me, how many forwards do Hibs need?!?!

 

Almost as many as they do goalkeepers by the sound of it.

A girl I know was in a nightclub in glasgow a few weeks ago and Riordan was there. He walked up to her and said:

 

"I'm Derek Riordan. Do you fancy some casual sex?" 

 

I think Deek may struggle with the German for that so maybe best he stays in Scotland.

 

She said no, apparently. Or so she says anyway, surprised she didn't melt right there on the spot with charm like that...

 

Hahaha! The boy is a grade A wanker.  Well known for much worse stuff than that over in Edinburgh.

Aberdeen FC’s McGhee closes in on Kyle

But Mark faces fight for Killie ace

 

By Sean Wallace

 

Published: 27/04/2010

 

KEVIN Kyle’s agent today confirmed Aberdeen FC have opened talks in a bid to land the Kilmarnock striker.

 

Kyle is out of contract at the end of the season and tops Aberdeen FC boss Mark McGhee’s summer transfer wish-list.

 

But Aberdeen have also been warned they face intense competition from eight other clubs.

 

Kyle’s agent Raymond Sparkes said: “Aberdeen are one of the clubs I have talked to about Kevin Kyle.

 

“I have discussed the situation with Mark McGhee, although Aberdeen have not gone so far as to offer a contract.â€

 

For more on this story and bumper coverage of Aberdeen FC, pick up a copy of today’s Evening Express or read our digital edition now.

So we're closing in on Kyle whilst not making an offer and his agents talking to 8 different clubs.....

I thought P&J claimed a couple of days ago we had already offered contracts to both Kyle and McLean?

I thought P&J claimed a couple of days ago we had already offered contracts to both Kyle and McLean?

 

Key part of that being that it was the P&J.

Take it McGhee was talking pish when he was quoted on Northsound saying he wouldn't be revealing targets then?...

Take it McGhee was talking pish

its the only thing he talks

Take it McGhee was talking pish when he was quoted on Northsound saying he wouldn't be revealing targets then?...

Well the article quotes Kyle's agent and not McGhee? Not much he can do about that.

I'm positive mcghee has been quoted recently in the paper saying Kyle was one of his targets

In-demand Kyle admits he's met McGhee to discuss move to Dons

 

Published Date: 02 May 2010

By Ewing Grahame

 

KILMARNOCK'S top scorer, Kevin Kyle, has revealed that he and Aberdeen manager Mark McGhee have already met to discuss a potential move to Pittodrie when his contract at Rugby Park expires later this month.

McGhee wants the Scotland target man to add presence and potency to his front line and Dons supporters will have the opportunity to assess the 28-year-old's effectiveness when the relegation-threatened Ayrshire club visits on Wednesday.

 

"That doesn't put any extra pressure on me because he's already said that he likes me, he likes my style of play and he thinks I can do a job at Aberdeen for him next season," said Kyle.

 

"I feel quite flattered that he's thought that, but it means that I don't have to go out and impress him on Wednesday because he's already made his mind up about me. What I've got to do, though, is concentrate on doing a job for Kilmarnock."

 

Kyle is based in Glasgow, which allows him regular access to his young son in Sunderland, but he dismissed reports that a move to Aberdeen would affect this. "I read an article a few days ago which said that I wouldn't sign for Aberdeen because it's too far away but that's just not true," he said. "Mark McGhee and I sat down and I asked him what a normal week's training would be. He explained that, depending on midweek matches, I could expect a Wednesday off and a Sunday off after Saturday games.

 

"If that's the case then I wouldn't need to stay up in Aberdeen all the time. I could commute by driving up on Sunday night and come back down again on Tuesday. The bulk of Aberdeen's away games will be in and around the Glasgow area anyway so the geography isn't a major obstacle. But I want to weigh up all my options. Right now,everything else is on the back burner because my main focus is keeping Kilmarnock in the SPL."

 

Hibernian manager John Hughes is hopeful that he can persuade Kyle to move to Easter Road while Kilmarnock are anxious to retain the striker if they manage to stay in the SPL. There is also interest in Kyle from clubs in England, Cyprus, Greece and Spain.