SPL manager – “We won’t sell to rivals, except Celtic”

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes has amusingly confirmed he will not sell Kenny McLean to Rangers as he would not want to ‘sell to a rival’, coming just weeks after he sold Jonny Hayes to Celtic.

Rangers have been linked with the Scotland international for some considerable time, and Aberdeen have stood firm with their claim he is not for sale, but following Aberdeen selling to a rival in Celtic with the Irish winger, McInnes has done a ‘Hibs’ and claimed he does not sell to rivals.

Rangers fans will amusingly remember the nonsense from Alan Stubbs and Hibs back in the day when they refused to sell to a Championship rival; well McInnes has gone one step further by selling to a rival while claiming he will not.

“I’ve commented on it already (selling McLean to Rangers); we have no intention of selling any of our players to any of our rivals especially, you know that’s… you know I’ve commented before on that. Nothing’s changed, they’d be completely wasting their time.”

So, in short – they will sell to no rivals unless they are called Celtic. Ok Derek!