In-demand Lewis Ferguson has been "let down" by Aberdeen after the club knocked back a transfer request from the player.
The Scotland Under-21 midfielder is desperate to play in the English top flight and wants to push the move through and put in a transfer request.
However, the Pittodrie chiefs knocked back the move and branded the £1.2million offer from Watford "insulting".
Record Sport understand Aberdeen are willing to allow Ferguson, who has three years left on his contract, to leave - but not at the price Watford have offered at around £1.2million.
The player’s agent Bill McMurdo has now went on the offensive and insisted there was an agreement with the club that if an English top flight side came in the 21-year-old would be allowed to leave.
He told the Daily Mail: “The player submitted a written transfer request because he had no other option.
“He has had a great time at Aberdeen. He has been first-class for them and they have been first-class for him, but now they are obstructing his progress and I think they have let the player down.
“They told us when he signed the contract initially that if a Premier League club came in, they would not stand in his way. Lewis was absolutely up front with them and told them his ambition was to play in the English Premier League.
“They said: ‘Trust us, we won’t stand in his way’.
“They said they would consider it a good thing if he went to play in the English Premier League and when we signed the extension to the contract, they reiterated that stance again."
