It has been confirmed that Cardiff City and Motherwell agreed a compensation figure of just £120k for the talented young Scottish striker Ross McCormack.
With City buying the out of contract SPL star before the age of 24, a tribunal was due to set a compensation fee but the clubs mutually agreed a figure instead for the player has earned his first Scottish cap this summer (as pictured). 'Well apparently declined a £1.75M bid for the player from Birmingham City in January - which seems strange when they realised they were likely to lose him for a fraction of that figure now.
However Birmingham tried to hi-jack the move now, as they did with Marcus Bent, and pinch the player off The Bluebirds but MacCormack himself said he had already given his word to Ridsdale and Dave Jones and had not even spoken with the Brummies although aware of their late interest.
Scotland is proving to be a fertile hunting ground for a cash-conscious, budget-limited club like City. They also got Kevin McNaughton for a relative pittance under the same terms as MacCormack and picked up free transfer bargains in Thommo and Gavin Rae. The players themselves have also found out the attraction of moving South where wages are bigger - MacCormack is believed to be earning four times as much as he did in the SPL.
He has impressed with City so far and looks set to be a huge hit with the fans and a fantatsic bargain for the club - a winning combination.
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