GORDON STRACHAN is a shock climber out there to be the subsequent supervisor of Aberdeen.
The previous Celtic and Scotland boss was one of many heroes of the Dons’ Gothenburg group.
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He is been conserving himself busy with a sporting director position at Dundee whereas his son Gavin has a high-profile teaching appointment at Celtic.
Aberden boss Dave Cormack mentioned solely yesterday that he was slamming the breaks on the appointment course of because the membership awaits the arrival of Alan Burrows as chief government.
That is excellent news for interim boss Barry Robson, who will stay in cost for the foreseeable future – together with the weekend conflict with the Hoops in Glasgow.
However Strachan can be a heavyweight skilled possibility for a facet which have been burned by their final two appointments within the type of Stephen Glass and Jim Goodwin.
We informed you ways skilled Dutch boss Ruud Brood had emerged as a shock contender for the put up.
The 60-year-old was assistant supervisor to Phillip Cocu at PSV Eindhoven and helped them win the Eredivisie in 2015 earlier than he branched out as a supervisor three years later.
He was in command of NAC Breda and Den Haag earlier than he was sacked final yr and was within the working to grow to be Ajax’s assistant supervisor final month to Alfred Schreuder, earlier than they axed him.
However he has drifted out to 12/1 with bookmakers McBookie immediately, who wrote on their Twitter account: “Transfer for Gordon Strachan for the Aberdeen job.
“He’s into 5/1 from 16/1 immediately.”
Different contenders with the bookies embrace former Dons supervisor Derek McInnes, with Chris Wilder and Robson the joint favourites for the position at 4/1.
That is regardless of SunSport understanding that Wilder, 55, has now determined the job is NOT for him – after the Dons had a dialogue with the one-time LMA Supervisor of the Yr’s agent.
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