Treated them appallingly? Mate, he is their player, they executed a clause in the loan deal that was agreed by both parties at the start - whether it's unfair on Killie or not simply doesn't matter.
If we sent Ryan Hardie down-south instead of Livi because we were offered a small loan fee by an English team, would you even care about it? I know I wouldn't.
Sounds like Aberdeen have shat the bed at Killie possibly finishing above them and have tried to scupper them.
It's not really though. Recalled by Birmingham where he was instantly sent to train with the under 18s on Monday. The managernsaying he is not in the teams plans. Kilmarnock not an option as Aberdeen offered to pay 5 times what Killie were. So he had a choice. Stay with the under 18s or go to Aberdeen and try and continue how has played this season. He has been given certain assurances. McInnes has admitted thatbhe wasn't treated fairly and playednwrkngky last season.It’s a strange decision from Stewart tbh
Iv no idea what financial deal was regarding what% of wages were/are being covered by the loaning team.What I do know as a Blues fan is we have had/have are own financial problems.Birmingham City are not awash with cash.They were barely paying f*ck all of Stewart’s wages.
Aberdeen are now paying more.
Birmingham well within their rights to do that.
A club like Kilmarnock calling bullshit whilst they pay players buttons but knock back big money moves reeks of hilarious hypocrisy.
Still don’t get the point of the hooha about it all, football is full of agent deals, managers chit chatting to and fro.....the game is a melting pot of underhanded behaviour, deals and brown envelopes. None of this should surprise us, where there is money there is temptation and where a vacuum of integrity exists these things will happen.as @JD1872 says above, It looks like they went straight to Birmingham while he was already on loan
If they recalled him then he was on a season long deal. How did Aberdeen know what Killie were paying & that they could afford to pay more? & why would they recall him (and lose out on the money) if they didn't already have a better offer?
Unless there trying to buy someone from Aberdeen and are loaning Stewart to sweeten the deal why is a team with a 750k a week wage bill really bothered about an extra £1k a week for 4months till his contract expires
Since Defoe was mentioned he can be recalled "if needed" in the summer(or next Jan) You can't just phone Bournemouth up and go "hey how much does Defoe get paid, and what % are rangers paying"
It's not really though. Recalled by Birmingham where he was instantly sent to train with the under 18s on Monday. The managernsaying he is not in the teams plans. Kilmarnock not an option as Aberdeen offered to pay 5 times what Killie were. So he had a choice. Stay with the under 18s or go to Aberdeen and try and continue how has played this season. He has been given certain assurances. McInnes has admitted thatbhe wasn't treated fairly and playednwrkngky last season.
For him id rather he had stayed where he was. He has been great for them.
Is a very weird one.
6 months on his contract , so Brum nothing to gain you would think in terms of which club he is at on loan, they recall him, then he goes straight to Aberdeen on loan.
It makes no sense for anyone bar Aberdeen.
I would imagine there will be a deal (Devlin, McKenna etc) whereby Aberdeen sell to Birmingham in the summer.