Alan Burrows reveals Aberdeen FC won't keep next manager promise but are STILL set to land No. 1 target

Aberdeen chief Alan Burrows has conceded they WON’T have a new manager in place for Saturday’s massive Scottish Premiership showdown against Ross County - but is convinced they can still appoint their number one target after hitting hurdles.

The Dons revealed they were confident of appointing someone during the international break at the time of Neil Warnock’s departure, however, Burrows said that is unlikely now. But the Pittodrie supremo issued an update to frustrated fans on the club’s TV channel ahead of the Premiership restart and said: “The search for a new manager is ongoing. I’d like to think it’s now entering the very final stages. We said previously we hoped to appoint a manager during the international break. It looks unlikely unfortunately that will happen during the international break but what I will say and want to reemphasise is that’s absolutely important we get this appointment right rather than quick.

“And while the process has gone on longer than anyone would have hoped or anticipated, the key focus for us to ensure the accuracy of the appointment is right in the long term for Aberdeen Football Club. Rather than panicking just to get us through a timescale, it’s important to get it right but hopefully the process isn’t going to take too much longer now.

“At the time we said that (that it was close) we had that expectation but the reality is that during this process things happen all the time - sometimes you expect and sometimes you don’t expect - and you have to react to that. And that’s what we’ve had to do. We’ve had to ensure that we didn’t lose focus on what’s important which is getting the right appointment for Aberdeen and we also had to ensure we didn’t lessen ourselves because of time