Connor Barron: Aberdeen seek reforms as court sets Rangers compensation fee

Aberdeen say they have been awarded a fee of “£639,920, with a further £250k of conditional performance-based payments” following Connor Barron’s summer move to Rangers.

The Dons could also receive “future financial rights through a sale”, should the Ibrox club sell Barron.

The midfielder, 22, joined the Ibrox club as a free agent but the Dons were entitled to compensation after he began his professional career at Pittodrie and the matter went to court.

Aberdeen said: “The guaranteed fee and the likelihood that final compensation will eventually arrive, through future conditional payments, justifies our decision to reject the full and final offer presented to us by Rangers in May, leading the court to is summoned.

“However, this arduous and costly process, and even the final determination, highlights the need for an urgent review of both national and international training compensation systems to ensure that clubs continue to be incentivized and protected when it comes to development.” of young players.

“We believe there has been a missed opportunity in Connor’s case, and as far as our national system is concerned, to ensure that clubs can be confident that the significant and increasing costs incurred in developing academy players “They are recognized and, as such, there is no incentive for clubs to continue with that level of investment.”