Aberdeen are keeping close tabs on Kilmarnock star David Watson after missing out on the Scotland Under-21 captain last summer.

The Dons are long-term admirers of the 20-year-old who is out-of-contract in the summer and able to open pre-contract talks in January.

If Aberdeen could agree a deal with Watson then they would have to thrash out a fee with Kilmarnock or go to a tribunal, reports Record Sport .

Should it go to a tribunal then it is likely the fee would be around the £639,920 fee that Rangers were ordered to pay the Dons for Connor Barron last season.

The Scottish Cup winners enquired about Watson in the summer window but couldn’t agree a deal with Killie, who were looking for a seven-figure fee at that time.

Aberdeen’s interest is long-running and has been on-going

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