From the BBC website: Not bad. I think. (I have no real idea about money or business, so Iâm needing to fake an understanding here and make it sound like I'm in control - as men do.) If the Chris Maguire deal had gone through a few days earlier - Aberdeen got (roughly) £400,000 from Derby, apparently â and if you take the pay-off to top coach and inspired man-manager Mark Mcghee out of the equation, then Aberdeen would have broken even or recorded a small trading profit. This puts us ahead of the curve. Other clubs: take note. And Stewart Milne, for all of his fan-maddening frugality, is precisely right to have embarked on sustained cost-cutting and placing the (long-term) emphasis on the development of youth players. On the other hand: please log in to view this image