Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin insists there isn't any "unhealthy blood" after clear the air talks with Andy Considine.
The defender – capped 3 times by Scotland – made his debut in 2004 and has remained at Aberdeen ever since.
Document Sport revealed on Tuesday night time Aberdeen had withdrawn a proposal to the 35-year-old and the membership launched a prolonged assertion on Wednesday confirming he would transfer on.
Goodwin has been left fuming that the exit has taken place in view of the general public however insists that the connection with the participant stays sturdy.
The Aberdeen gaffer has revealed he held talks with the 35-year-old making it clear he would have stored the talks inside Pittodrie.
Forward of the essential Premiership conflict with Ross County, Goodwin mentioned: "There's completely no unhealthy blood in any respect between myself and Andy.
"There was actual disappointment on my half that the dialog that we had on Monday managed to float its method out into the media.
"As a membership, we wished to be those to interrupt that information to our supporters as a result of it's fairly a giant deal on the finish of the day, and we wished Andy to play his half within the assertion as properly however we had been denied that chance.
"These are issues that we'd relatively be capable of deliver to our supporters ourselves.
"The truth that that was denied to us on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning was very disappointing.
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"And I informed Andy that, whether or not it was Andy or his agent or a member of his household however actually no person from in-house right here at Aberdeen needed to put that on the market within the public.
"In order that was a disappointment from us. However so far as Andy is worried, he stays coaching with the group.
"He educated this morning, he educated properly, we had a dialog this morning earlier than that."