AS Ryan Jack committed his immediate future to Aberdeen, Barry Robson, who has entered the final phase of his career by agreeing to remain at Pittodrie for another season, has set his sights on winning silverware before he finally hangs up his boots.

Jack, 23, regarded as the Scottish game's finest young talents had been linked with a possible move to the Barclays Premier League with Everton and had stalled on making a decision over whether to accept Aberdeen's latest offer to extend his contract for another year, until the summer of 2017.

Indeed, Derek McInnes, the Aberdeen manager, had expressed disquiet that the player might walk away a year from now without a fee for the club.

Robson, meanwhile, recalled when he joined the club two years ago and how, around that time, Aberdeen had wooed a potential signing at the Gleneagles house of Stewart Milne, the chairman.

He and McInnes, on the other hand, settled their agreement over a fish supper in the Granite City.

Being able to continue in Aberdeen ranks alongside Jack was good news with the former Celtic and Middlesbrough player insisting money was not an issue over his willingness to see-out his career in the north east.

"Football has never been financial for me," he said. "I have always done things for football or family reasons. The manager sorted this new contract out in a minute as he knew I was desperate to continue to play here. Even the first time when they were trying to sign one of the players it was at the chairman's house in Gleneagles.

"But when me and the manager first met he took me to the Ashvale chip shop. I think that explains things as he said 'you are signing and you are signing for that' and that was deal done.

"The thing is I always wanted to play for the manager because I knew he was demanding, I knew everything was done right and everything would be professional."

The pair were together at Dundee United for three years from 2003 before McInnes moved to Millwall, but when Aberdeen rescued Robson's career following an unhappy year in MLS with Vancouver Whitecaps and a short-term contract at Sheffield United, the player jumped at the chance.

"Derek was a good influence on me when we were at Dundee United together," he said. "I learnt a lot from him as a player. I'll never forget he said to me 'if you work harder than your opponent all week then you'll have an edge over him' and that stuck with me. I liked the way he worked and the way he carried himself about the place at Tannadice.

"The good thing is there's no old pals act or anything like that; you have to prove you can contribute as he is a very demanding manager."

Robson was pleased to learn of Jack's decision to remain at Pittodrie for the time being. The youngster could only improve under McInnes, he suggested.

"I am biased as I want him to stay and help us do well next year," he said. "He could be part of that. He was right to sign his contract and then if someone wants to buy him then they will buy him.

"That is my opinion. He is at a great club and he is learning under a proper manager.

"He has a lot of time left in his career to go down and play in England. We need players like him if we want to make a challenge next year."

The veteran feels ready to sit alongside Jack as the club's defensive midfielders at home and in the Europa League next season as McInnes and his energetic squad, soon to have Graeme Shinnie, a pre-contract signing from Inverness Caledonian Thistle, in their ranks aim to grab silverware.

"For me," said Robson, "the biggest thing is to have an even better season than this one and help get Aberdeen another trophy "I turn 37 in November and if I can lift another cup it would be a really good achievement and that's what is in my mind. I would love a bit of silverware again next season and that would probably make me hungry to go another year.

"The manager is going to be adding players in the summer and we will only have an even stronger squad next season."