DUNDEE manager Alex Rae last night watched top prospect Kevin McDonald head for Burnley and immediately launched a stinging attack on agent Charles Duddy for selling him short.
The Dark Blues, who will bank £250,000 initially with the fee to rise to over £400,000 based on several clauses, have had a tempestuous relationship with Duddy over the past few years and, amazingly, Rae broke off from wishing McDonald well in his ne
w career to fire a blast at his adviser.
He claimed that Duddy had not considered his client's best interests when negotiating with Owen Coyle's side – even though the player and his family believe a move to Turf Moor is a good move at this stage in his career.
Dundee claim another club, believed to be Norwich City, were interested in taking the Scotland Under-21 midfielder to the Championship and Rae, who spent the majority of his career south of the Border, feels McDonald has made the wrong move.
He said:
"I think he has been badly advised by his agent.
There were people who phoned me from bigger clubs – in my opinion – in England.
I think the guy (Duddy] has got a bit star struck and has not done Kevin any justice."
Duddy, who also acts for ex-Dundee players Scott Robertson, Paul Dixon and Lee Wilkie, did not want to comment on Rae's outburst but McDonald's father, Ally, said: "Kevin is absolutely delighted to be moving to Burnley and he's had sound advice from his agent."
The full article contains 259 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
