If Liverpool buy Calvin Ramsay for £4m plus a possible additional £2m in add-ons that would be a fair fee.
It would represent good business from Aberdeen and also secure a dream move for the talented teenager.
Premier League giants Liverpool are reportedly set to launch a £4m move to sign Ramsay.
It is further reported, with add-ons, the fee could rise to as high as £6m.
If Ramsay exits for Liverpool, it would give chairman Dave Cormack and the board of directors the cash to help fund the revolution required at Pittodrie in the summer.
Some people will compare Ramsay’s potential move to Liverpool with Nathan Patterson’s January transfer from Rangers to Everton.
The fee for Patterson was £12m and could rise to £16m with add-ons.
However, like it or not there is a ceiling for Aberdeen players.
It is a fact of life, if you are a Celtic or Rangers player coming through like Patterson, there will be a higher fee received.
Ramsay capped an impressive breakout season by being awarded the Scottish Sports Writers’ Association Young Player of the Year.
I was asked to present the award to the teenager at the sports writers’ annual dinner in Glasgow on Sunday night.
Ramsay spoke very well and did himself and his family proud with the words he said thanking everyone who has helped in his development.
Liverpool’s interest in Ramsay is testament to the club’s development programme.
It is testament to the effort, funds and facilities put into allowing young players to flourish at the club.
With the Liverpool interest, what Ramsay thinks also has to be taken into consideration.
It is a life-changing opportunity for the teenager if he gets the chance to move to Liverpool.
Liverpool’s interest reflects the potential he has shown.
He obviously still has to take that potential forward and continue progressing.
It won’t be easy to get into the Liverpool team, we all know that, but it would be a magnificent step for him.
To go down to Anfield and rub shoulders with the quality of players they have would really be living the dream for Ramsay.
The sheer magnitude of a move to Champions League finalists Liverpool has to be taken into consideration.
There is also the financial aspect of any move to Anfield, which would be huge.
Ramsay’s success is also a great story for the club to tell rising young talents.
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⚽ Calvin Ramsay scored his first Aberdeen goal in our last match with Dundee. #StandFree | @calvinramsay03 pic.twitter.com/NQrxKrxHik
— Aberdeen FC (@AberdeenFC) April 29, 2022
It is proof that, if young talent choose to come to Aberdeen, they will get top class facilities and a pathway to get into the first team.
Ramsay’s success could help the Dons beat other clubs to securing young players they are interested in.
Dons need two or three strikers this summer
Right-back Ramsay and midfielder Lewis Ferguson could both exit in the summer as they are attracting attention.
Whether Ramsay or Ferguson exit in the summer, one thing is certain – there needs to be a rebuild of the squad.
When a new manager comes in he needs to stamp his own authority on the club.
Decisions need to be made that will take him and the club forward to deliver success.
The summer transfer window has to be busy.
Manager Goodwin has made it clear he has already had difficult talks with players and there will be a few moving on.
He confirmed six of the nine substitutes against Hibs had no future at the club.
The key element is to make sure the players that come in are better than the ones who have been informed their time at the club is over.
Aberdeen must strengthen offensively and defensively during the transfer window, and strengthening pretty solidly on the scoring front is definitely required
There has been speculation Christian Ramirez could leave in the summer.
If he does exit, Aberdeen will need to sign two, possibly three, strikers who can be relied on to be the main focus up top.
The creative and goal-scoring part of the team hasn’t functioned particularly well this season.
Defensively, it hasn’t been a season where there has been shut-out after shut-out.
There have always been goals conceded, which must be a concern for the manager.
He has to decide whether the ones at the club are good enough or whether he wants to make changes.
Goodwin has existing centre-back options for next season with Declan Gallagher, David Bates and even Ross McCrorie.
If he sees them as being strong enough then fair enough- however, they haven’t proven that this season.
Andy Considine deserves a send-off
Hopefully Andy Considine will be allowed a deserved curtain call on his Aberdeen career before the end of the season.
After almost 20 years in the first team, Considine will leave the club.
The home match with St Mirren on Sunday on the final day of the season is the ideal opportunity for Considine to take a bow.
Considine deserves an opportunity for supporters to show their appreciation to him.
I’m sure he will get that chance in the final game of the season.
It would allow one of the club’s longest-serving players the opportunity to say goodbye to the supporters.
The Red Army would also be given the chance to send him off in style.
When you spent the length of time Considine has at the club, he deserves a final curtain call.
Considine is fourth in Aberdeen’s all-time appearance list.
He is behind only myself and my former team-mates Alex McLeish and Bobby Clark.
Considine’s season was derailed when suffering a bad knee injury in the Europa Conference League play-off against Qarabag in August.
After more than six months out he battled back to fitness.
Having had a few games as an unused substitute, he finally got game time again in the 1-1 draw at Hibs.
Unfortunately it was only briefly as he was introduced deep into injury time.
Considine deserves the chance to say farewell to the fans and I’m sure he will get that on Sunday.
Then he will move on to finish his career somewhere else.
Dante Polvara clearly has potential
American midfielder Dante Polvara proved he has real potential with his first Aberdeen start.
Polvara had only been seen in two brief substitute appearances since arriving from US college football in January.
Another January signing, Vicente Besuijen, has already shown his quality since arriving.
Starting against Hibs was the chance for Polvara to show what he can do.
Polvara did okay in the 1-1 draw, although he didn’t necessarily set the heather on fire.
However, there was enough to indicate he has real potential and the scope to continue to improve.
A tall, rangy player, Polvara had some nice touches at Easter Road.
Polvara certainly has vision, is a good passer of the ball and is athletic.
If the American midfielder can build on that first start and get settled in, he could be an asset to the club.
I had seen some videos of Polvara when he signed for Aberdeen, but they are always difficult to assess – you need to assess players in game time.
The midfielder looks like he has the potential to take his career forward at Aberdeen, and that was clearly why he was signed from the United States. Hopefully that will be the case.
