Barry Robson has been appointed Aberdeen manager until the end of the season - with Dave Cormack confirming the club held interviews with 2 other candidates before the appointment.
Record Sport revealed on Monday night the local hero was poised to be handed the reins for longer – and now that has been confirmed by the club. The 44-year-old has led the Dons to four victories from his six games in charge, having been tasked with heading up a temporary coaching team alongside Scott Anderson and Steve Agnew following Jim Goodwin's departure on January 28. Robson has got Aberdeen back in contention to finish in a European spot and their recent win over Hearts put them within four points of third place in the Scottish Premiership.
Chief executive Alan Burrows and the Football Monitoring Board cut the candidate list from six to three before holding interviews, as chairman Cormack laid out the decision to appoint Robson until the end of the campaign. He said: “The club embarked on a clear and patient process where Director of Football, Steven Gunn, led the vetting of all inbound applications as well as managing an outbound search, teaming up with an external agency, to unearth candidates that matched our criteria.
“Once the potential manager pool was down to six candidates, Steven and chief executive Alan Burrows, together with non-executive directors Willie Garner and Stewart Milne, conducted interviews. Three candidates, including Barry, met with this group in person for further, in-depth discussions over the last week.
“The board subsequently met to debate the outcomes of these interviews and discussions. It was unanimously agreed that Barry should continue in his role initially through to the end of the season. We believe that continuing the momentum, high standards and energy that Barry has instilled in the squad, with only nine league games to go, is critical to the club achieving its goal of European football next season."
Delighted Barry Robson added: "Both Steve and I are delighted and honoured to be asked by the board to continue in our current roles and to demonstrate our ability to lead the team in the longer term. We have had a tremendous reaction from the players, and they deserve a huge amount of credit for the way they have bought into the things we have asked them to do.
“I fully understand what our objectives are between now and the end of May. I will work as hard as I possibly can, together with the excellent staff group at the Club, to deliver on those expectations.”
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