Dons manager resigned to departure of talisman Aluko

 

aberdeen in line for cash windfall if nigerian and maguire leave pittodrie

 

By Paul Third

 

Published:04/05/2011

 

Aberdeen manager Craig Brown is resigned to losing attacker Sone Aluko after the Nigeria international told him he wants to return to England.

 

The 22-year-old has been offered a new contract by the Dons, but wants a move away from Pittodrie.

 

The offer remains on the table, but Brown fears he will lose the services of one of his key players this summer.

 

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Not good news

i hope the greetin faced injury prone fanny dancer signs for them.

 

he is totally unfit and will not even get near a first team shirt.

 

 

I could get a job at the EE,

 

 

 

 

Dont do yourself down min...

Surely extending his trial for an extra 4 or 5 days. McCoist saying he only wants to bring in players that can go straight into the first team!

Another shit thing, he's a natural in the very position they converted Naismith to play!

 

Aluko could be the best player in this league if he finds motivation - mostly because the league has lost almost all it's good players since he was 18. So we HAVE to take every single penny. If not I think supporting the club financially with the current people running it might actually be more harmful than just the issues of current facilities/squad.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15789738.stm

"We've not heard from Rangers or from Sone, but we are fairly confident of our case."

 

"Our fans would never forgive us if we let Rangers walk all over us on this," added the source.

 

Good.

Good.

 

Glad they appear to understand us!

Glad they appear to understand us!

For once. 

but we are fairly confident of our case

 

Doesn't sound all that good to me.

Doesn't sound all that good to me.

 

Agreed, that comes across to me as being little better than 50/50.

What a fucking surprise

Doesn't sound all that good to me.

 

The chat I was hearing was that we aren't entitled to anything as we didn't "develop" him, we signed him as a 1st team player 

The chat I was hearing was that we aren't entitled to anything as we didn't "develop" him, we signed him as a 1st team player 

 

I heard that is the line der hun are thinking about taking.

 

Whole thing sounds ridiculous. I always thought the 'development' label was just a cover all to stop clubs being screwed over.

 

Surely 'signing for the first team' at age 18 is just another form of the same thing - development

Well  surely Aluko is pushing this himself. so he can ram it.

The chat I was hearing was that we aren't entitled to anything as we didn't "develop" him, we signed him as a 1st team player 

 

And subsequently developed him into a full internationalist.

Nonetheless you just know we're not going to be the winners in this

A player’s training and education takes place between the ages of 12 and 23. Training compensation shall be payable, as a general rule, up to the age of 23 for training incurred up to the age of 21, unless it is evident that a player has already terminated his training period before the age of 21.

 

Inside the EU/EEA, the final season of training may occur before the season of the player’s 21st birthday if it is established that the player completed his training before that time.

 

I guess Rangers might claim he "completed his training" before signing for us although how that is established I don't know. There must be plenty of cases like this already occured, surely AFC could seek clarification from FIFA/UEFA/SFA/PFA

I guess Rangers might claim he "completed his training" before signing for us although how that is established I don't know. There must be plenty of cases like this already occured, surely AFC could seek clarification from FIFA/UEFA/SFA/PFA

 

Good old Sepp might get a little confused when they go asking him if AFC are due any money for trading a Nigerian to another owner.

 

Sepp

SONE ALUKO will be given 90 minutes today to prove he's worth a Rangers deal.

 

Record Sport can reveal Ibrox boss Ally McCoist has fixed up a closed-door bounce game with St Mirren to allow him to run the rule over the Nigerian winger who has spent the past eight days on trial at Murray Park.

 

Aluko watched from the stand on Saturday as McCoist's men turned in a toothless display in a 0-0 draw with St Johnstone which let Celtic edge back into the title race.

 

McCoist admitted his side lacked width and now Aluko has the chance to show he is the man to provide Rangers with more threat from the flanks.

 

McCoist is concerned the 22-year-old's former club, Aberdeen, may scupper any deal by claiming a hefty compensation fee.

 

The Dons insist they would be due around £250,000 if Aluko signed for a club outside Scotland and argue Rangers should be forced by tribunal to stump up a similar sum.

Article in the Record has Alukos advisors claiming we are due nothing.

This may have been already covered but can they play him without getting clearance from some authority? And would there be any ramifications if they did play him say against us without paying then find out they should have played?

He will get a deal with Rangers.

He will be great for them.

We will battle for months to get a fee but will end up with nothing.

The end.

If there was any semblance of non-biased journalism in Scottish football this line;

 

McCoist is concerned the 22-year-old's former club, Aberdeen, may scupper any deal by claiming a hefty compensation fee.

 

would read:

 

McCoist is concerned any deal may be scuppered by Rangers refusal to pay the compensation fee due to the 22-year-old's former club, Aberdeen

 

No idea why that, in amongst all the other Old Firm shit that goes on day after day in Scottish football, annoyed me. But it did.

 

WANKERS!

You are right to be aggrieved by it baggy. It's why and will continue to be why Scottish football is shit.

Apparently he has agreed terms and there is a meeting up in Aberdeen tonight between us and the vermin

Apparently he has agreed terms and there is a meeting up in Aberdeen tonight between us and the vermin

 

Stewart Milne will be bent over and greased up as we speak.

Stewart Milne will be bent over and greased up as we speak.

 

I'd be amazed if he's even there.