Aberdeen aren't the only ones miffed by Connor Barron tribunal as fee for Rangers star has alarm bells ringing

The independent tribunal has not only short-changed Aberdeen but Scottish football with the transfer fee they have set for Connor Barron.

The fee of just over £600,000 that Rangers have been ordered to pay for Barron has left alarm bells ringing all across Scottish football. Record Sport has been in dialogue with several prominent figures at different Premiership clubs and there is genuine concern over the fee that has been set in this case. An independent tribunal for the Scottish Professional Football League sat on the final day of 2024 to finally come up with a long, overdue compensation figure for the Dons. Aberdeen will get a six figure fee and a sell-on of around 10%.

It is hardly a great return or protection for the Dons who took Barron through their academy and nurtured him for 14 years. Also, from that fee Aberdeen will need to take off substantial legal fees which they had to pay to put their case forward. They have also had to wait more than five months for a fee to be agreed.

It is another area where Scottish football needs to be dragged into the modern era. Barron was a player who has played regularly in the Premiership, was a Scotland under-21 international and was also on standby for Scotland’s Euro 2024 squad in the summer. The talented midfielder has since played regularly for Rangers domestically and in Europe and forced his way into the Scotland squad.

Yes, Aberdeen would only have got around £550,000 in training compensation if Barron had moved outside of Scotland. It is different if a player moves from one Scottish club to another club in Scotland and there are association rules in place to stop young players being poached.

Aberdeen will now only get a five figure fee increase and now one of their