Aberdeen manager Jimmy Thelin has spoken about the club's strategy to handle the recent transfer of striker Bojan Miovski.
After turning down three previous offers from Girona, Aberdeen ultimately agreed to a £6.8 million deal for Miovski earlier this week.
Throughout the summer, Miovski attracted interest from various clubs across Europe.
Thelin noted that he had anticipated Miovski's departure and took proactive steps by increasing playing time for forwards Ester Sokler and Peter Ambrose.
He also aimed to implement new tactics to ensure a more balanced distribution of goals among the team.
Sokler featured mostly from the bench last season after arriving from NK Radomlje, but the 25-year-old has made an impressive start to the season, netting four goals in just six appearances.
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Asked whether Aberdeen plan to splash invest some of the Miovski fee, Thelin said: "It is a discussion we will have with me, the chairman (Dave Cormack), Alan (Burrows) and Steven (Gunn).
“It is more longer term and not rushing away now.
“And trying to have some trust in the players we have already.
“Bojan is a fantastic player and it is not easy to replace a player of that quality so you need to think about other ways.
“How can we score more team goals or other situations?
“With the situation with Bojan, we tried to prepare and give Ester more time and we tried Peter.
“We also put other players closer to each other so we can score.
“That is what we were trying to do.
“Every game we have played so far we have had different scorers who scored from different areas of the pitch.
“So we are trying to build something where we can score team goals and not just through one player.”
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The Aberdeen boss was probed further on whether he will add to his squad before the transfer window closes, and insisted he will continue to give everyone he's already got at his disposal an opportunity. That will only change if he and the Dons recruitment team identify someone who can clearly bolster the squad.
“The recruitment process is always ongoing behind the doors," Thelin explained.
“We are also giving players here the opportunities to take these games, show themselves and grow.
“Sometimes when someone is leaving, someone else is stepping forward. So far we are quite cool with that. But it is always our job behind the doors to work.
“If we need something it will happen, but we also put trust in the players here.”
