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Transfer news: Aberdeen sign St Mirren midfielder Kenny McLean

Kenny McLean
Image: Kenny McLean: Moving north from St Mirren to Aberdeen

Aberdeen have signed midfielder Kenny McLean from Premiership counterparts St Mirren.

The Dons will pay a fee of around £300,000 for McLean, who has signed a three-and-a-half year contract.

The Scotland U21 player had 18 months remaining on his contract at St Mirren, where he had come through the youth system.

McLean has scored seven goals in 29 appearances this season and has been pushed into a striking position in the absence of injured Buddies captain Steven Thompson.

The 23-year-old's move to Pittodrie comes after English League One side Fleetwood Town had a £150,000 January bid for the player rejected.

McLean on said: "My agent phoned me this morning to say a deal was on and it was a case of just getting in the car and driving up for the medical and the signing of the various papers.

"Aberdeen is a club on the up, that's for sure, and the ambition being shown by the gaffer with the players secured on long term deals, and the players coming in, was a massive incentive for me. I know a few of the lads from when I was a young kid including Ryan Jack, Nicky Low and Clark Robertson and this move feels exactly the right one for me at this time.

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"I had some great times at St. Mirren and I wish them all the best for the future but I'm now an Aberdeen player which is fantastic."

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