Frustrated Aberdeen chiefs have called for an urgent review of both the domestic and international training compensations systems after feeling short-changed by Connor Barron’s tribunal fee.

The Dons confirmed that the Scottish Professional Football League’s independent tribunal had ordered Rangers to pay £639,920 for Barron, along with an additional £250k of conditional performance-based payments, along with a 10 per cent sell-on.

The Pittodrie side would have received around £550,000 in training compensation if Barron had moved outside of Scotland. Domestic rules mean that any fee for an under 23 player must be decided by a tribunal if the two clubs are unable to agree a fee between them.

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Aberdeen wants the Scottish Football Association and SPFL to get together and improve the protection for clubs and to stop other teams signing their top talents for knockdown prices.

The Dons statement read: ‘The SPFL has clear procedural rules on the confidentiality of determinations in hearings such as this, and whilst Aberdeen FC had every intention of observing its confidentiality obligations, we now believe that we have been left with no option but to correct the misinformation that has been circulated following the erroneous and irresponsible leaking of the tribunal decision.

‘In fact, the actual outcome of the tribunal was to reward Aberdeen FC a guaranteed sum of £639,920, with an additional £250k of conditional performance-based payments as well as future economic rights by way of a sell-on allowing Aberdeen to benefit from any future transfers of Connor as he progresses further in his career.

‘The guaranteed fee and the likelihood of where the final compensation will eventually land, by way of the future conditional payments, justifies our decision to reject the full and final offer that was presented to us by Rangers back in May, which led to the Tribunal being convened.

‘However, this arduous and costly process, and even the final determination, highlights the need for an urgent review into both the domestic and international training compensation systems to ensure clubs continue to be incentivised and protected when it comes to the development of young players.

‘However, this arduous and costly process, and even the final determination, highlights the need for an urgent review into both the domestic and international training compensation systems to ensure clubs continue to be incentivised and protected when it comes to the development of young players.’

The Pittodrie side also stated that the current set FIFA compensation for players moving outside Scotland is outdated and undervalues young talent.

Aberdeen believe the SPFL’s tribunal have missed a major opportunity to protect young talent with the Barron case, who they have nurtured through their ranks for 14 years.

The Dons statement added:‘We believe that an opportunity has been missed in Connor’s case and where our domestic system is concerned.

'To ensure that clubs can be confident that the increasing, and significant, costs that are borne with academy player development are recognised and as such, there is an incentive for clubs to continue such level of investment.'

A big issue for Scottish clubs has been the number of English clubs that are now swooping across the border because the Brexit rules have limited their signing of overseas players.

The Dons pay around £2 million into their academy but valuation’s like Barron could force teams to think again and it could impact the Scottish national teams going forward.

The Dons warned: ‘By way of background, it may come as a surprise to many that cross border (international) training compensation, as set by FIFA, has not been adjusted since its inception in 2001, despite club costs more than quadrupling across the same period.

‘Where the domestic landscape is concerned, FIFA require national associations to operate their own independent training compensation systems for young players moving within their own association. The SPFL has its own training compensation system where players are moving within the SPFL (these rules have also not been revised since their inception).

‘The impact of (1) the outcome of the SPFL process that we’ve undergone for Connor and (2) Brexit driving big English clubs, aided and abetted by football agents who in turn are raking in significant six-figure fees to uproot the very best young Scottish talent whilst in their mid-teens for a pittance, will now feature into an ongoing review into our wider academy operation.'