MONEY MATTERS
Last week Stewart Milne successfully persuaded Derek Mcinnes to reject a move to Ibrox as Pedro Caixinha’s replacement and now it’s the Aberdeen manager’s turn to convince his chairman to provide the money required to see off another Rangers challenge.
The pair are set for more talks after tonight’s match against St Johnstone in Perth is out of the way, with Mcinnes set to discover what funds will be available to maintain the Dons’ position as Celtic’s closest rivals.
He insists talk of an increased budget played no part in the discussions that led to him surprising most people by turning down the chance to return to the club he once played for.
However the Aberdeen manager will be hoping for an increase in the £850,000 that has been available to spend in the transfer market during four-and-a-half years in charge at Pittodrie.
That went on bringing in Kenny Mclean, Stevie May and Gary Mackay-steven with others arriving on free transfers and loan deals, but with attendances increasing and turnover up by £2 million last season, Mcinnes is hoping the purse strings will be loosened further now.
Mcinnes said:”i’m going to see him on Thursday so here’s hoping but there was nothing different said over the last period.
“In terms of what we can do in January we will find out then and we will assess the squad in the next few weeks
It’s important we get as much value on the pitch as possible and hopefully maintain the standards we have set in the last few years”
DEREK MCINNES and see if there is any willingness to rejig things. We brought over a hundred grand in for [Jayden] Stockley and over a £1m in the deal for Jonny Hayes to Celtic so there has been money brought in.
“Some of that has been put back into the squad by paying