Even with the cash flowing into Salford City, I'm somewhat surprised that their £4,000 a week was enough to tempt a reasonably decent SPL striker to upsticks for the English non-leagues....
"Aberdeen "should not" be losing out to English lower league clubs for players, says manager Derek McInnes.
The Scottish Premiership side have sold striker Adam Rooney to National League side Salford City despite being keen to hold on to him.
The Irishman, 30, will earn a reported £4,000 a week in England's fifth tier.
"We have lost out on players to League One, which Aberdeen shouldn't be," McInnes said. "It is a challenge for us to retain our players."
McInnes acknowledged that there would be "surprise" at the fact a club who have only just been promoted to the National League could lure a player from the Scottish Premiership runners-up.
However, he conceded that the money on offer from Salford, who were taken over by a group of former Manchester United players in 2014, was hard to compete with."
Link >>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44890774
"Aberdeen "should not" be losing out to English lower league clubs for players, says manager Derek McInnes.
The Scottish Premiership side have sold striker Adam Rooney to National League side Salford City despite being keen to hold on to him.
The Irishman, 30, will earn a reported £4,000 a week in England's fifth tier.
"We have lost out on players to League One, which Aberdeen shouldn't be," McInnes said. "It is a challenge for us to retain our players."
McInnes acknowledged that there would be "surprise" at the fact a club who have only just been promoted to the National League could lure a player from the Scottish Premiership runners-up.
However, he conceded that the money on offer from Salford, who were taken over by a group of former Manchester United players in 2014, was hard to compete with."
Link >>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44890774
