So the day of reckoning is getting closer for the tribunal to set the fee for young Ferguson.

Saw this article in The Sun ( I know, I know I shouldn't) and thought it worthy of sharing.

The boy at Hamilton is surely totally fucking deluded and it appears as if their request is now up to £1.2m 

 

Surely his performances since joining us have got fuck all to do with any price put upon him.

 

Highlights of the article include him sucking The Huns boaby regarding Docherty (correct me if I'm wrong but this is totally different as he was under contract) and also the fact that Ferguson has played all four Europa League games for Aberdeen. So which two games did I completely miss out on in the past few weeks.

 

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/3068226/lewis-ferguson-hamilton-aberdeen-tribunal-club-philosophy-blow/

Hamilton feel they have been robbed but if he was still under contract and we had just made an offer of say 750K for a player with so little experience our support would be up in arms.  Valuing a player who has played 14 games for Hamilton at any more than a couple of hundred thousand would be crazy. 

 

It's night and day comparing his value to that of James McCarthy which they had eluded to.  McCarthy had played a good two or three seasons for the club before he was sold and was much more experienced. 

 

 

 

Ferguson made his debut for Scotland U21s coming on as sub against Andorra last night. Almost got a debut goal as well.

According to Accies accounts the transfer fee for Ferguson was £237,950.

Bargain imo

Money well spent 

Derek Ferguson confirms on Radio Scotland that Lewis will be signing the new contract sometime in the coming week. Says everyone at the club have been brilliant with him and is loving life in Aberdeen. Excellent news 

That is outstanding news if it happens. He's still got a lot to learn, but can't fault his desire and passion.  The end product is clearly there.

I’d say it won’t be too long before Ferguson gets more attention than McKenna in the transfer market.

2 year extension signed 

Good news, both the loon and his Dad seem to be very happy with how he is treated and being developed and hopefully he can kick on and become a big player for us and make us a few quid in the future.

 

 

Lewis Ferguson nominated for young player of the year.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/AberdeenFC/status/1267421887677648896

Very pleased for him.  Was a bit hot and cold over the season (what was played) but by and large is a highly talented player. How long is he signed up for?

Who is he up against???

Very pleased for him.  Was a bit hot and cold over the season (what was played) but by and large is a highly talented player. How long is he signed up for?

 

Until summer of 2024

Who is he up against???

 

Hockey, Campbell & McCann

Lewis Ferguson nominated for young player of the year.

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/AberdeenFC/status/1267421887677648896

 

And he won it 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52993954

Good to hear this. I thought he had a good season with us last year, though his falling about does piss me off, but i think that is coached into him.

 

One more season with us and I would say he would need to move to make it to the next level and I don't mean the zombie club.

One more season with us and I would say he would need to move to make it to the next level and I don't mean the zombie club.

 

Think that depends on us aswell. If we do manage to actually qualify for a European competition and start pushing at the top of the league again there is no reason he couldn't keep developing here for another few years.

According to his Hun father he is on little more than £500, per week even after signing his extended contract which he appeared to be perfectly happy to sign.

 

Tough shit 

Definitely feels like a player trying to engineer a move out the club. Wonder how much longer he'll be with us. I'm hoping he moves sooner rather than later in this window, if he is moving.

14 minutes ago, manc_don said:

Definitely feels like a player trying to engineer a move out the club. Wonder how much longer he'll be with us. I'm hoping he moves sooner rather than later in this window, if he is moving.

If he is going it needs to be now to give us time to source an adequate replacement. 

2 hours ago, Jute said:

If he is going it needs to be now to give us time to source an adequate replacement. 

Would certainly like it to be the boy from st mirren. A bit more creative and attack minded than Ferguson but we’ve plenty of holding and box to box central midfielders already.

Club should tell Ferguson every time someone from his family/team whines to the media or mentions gentleman’s agreement, the asking price doubles.  
Although his lack of involvement yesterday may suggest an acceptable offer has been received? 

5 hours ago, LA-Don said:

Would certainly like it to be the boy from st mirren. A bit more creative and attack minded than Ferguson but we’ve plenty of holding and box to box central midfielders already.

Will say it again

McGrath is a non starter as heading south.

It would be pretty optimistic to think him leaving won't make us a worse team. It's similar to when we lost Jack, most people thought he was an arsehole but it still made us a worse team because we had no chance of replacing him in the short-term. Best we can hope for is to unearth another young player who turns out to be as good as Ferguson in 2-3 years, at which point said player will probably run off to join Bournemouth or someone and the cycle will begin again.

At least in this case we have a good situation with the contract so can get a decent fee in theory.