SCOTT TO PAY UP FOR McKENNA
STEWART MILNE has warned clubs eyeing defender Scott McKenna they’ll have to pay top dollar to prise him away from Pittodrie this month. The Scotland star was the subject of multiple high-stake bids in the last window from Aston Villa, Celtic and Swansea. And Aberdeen even turned down an offer that could have risen to £7million from Villa because it was too late in the window. Record Sport exclusively revealed last summer the Dons were holding out for up to £10m and now the chairman has gone public in insisting any club who wants their prize asset will have to pay up. Milne said: “The expectations are high. “We all believed the right decision was to hold on to Scott until at least the January window so we could get the season off to a good start. “He is a player who has played a huge part in getting us up the table. We felt it was very important to keep Scott. “We lost a lot of very good players out of the squad that summer and we all felt it was important to keep the momentum going that we had built over the past four years or so.” Milne is also adamant there are no pre-planned moves lined up to sell McKenna. He said: “We can honestly say there is no firm interest in Scott in terms of anything made officially or unofficially to the club. “We know there are scouts at most of our games watching various players. “We know Scott is of interest to a number of clubs down in England. We will just have to wait and see what materialises in January.”