Barry Robson ready for Aberdeen job as interim boss reveals the Gordon Strachan advice he 'had to laugh' at

Aberdeen interim Barry Robson believes he is ready to become a boss in his own right. However, his former Celtic manager and Aberdeen legend Gordon Strachan has warned him that four decades of knowledge won’t prepare him for his early days.

The former Scotland star has already plied his trade and worked his way up the Pittodrie ranks and has now put himself firmly in the equation to become their next boss. He has been put in interim charge of the Dons and will continue that job when he takes his squad to Celtic Park.

Robson stated: “We all believe we are ready and we all believe we can affect a team and try to get results and that is why we are in it. Of course, but if you ask any head coach or manager you improve every day and there is always something new you learn. I remember Gordon Strachan said to me, you can coach and do this all for 40 years but nothing prepares you for the first three or four weeks in management. I had a laugh at that.”

Robson revealed he had the chance to go straight into management when he retired seven years ago but decided he wanted to learn his trade. He admitted: “I worked under Derek (McInnes) for years, as a first-team coach and learned bundles from him.

"I took my own team with the development squad and tried to implement my own ideas and build up the model at this football club That has kept me busy and I have done my pro-licence which has kept me busy.

"People seem to think I have been sitting here doing nothing but it has been far from that. I have been educating myself and doing other things in the background, visiting other clubs. I had the chance to go into management the day I retired but I decided to sit back and take the route to sit back and learn first.”

Robson has insisted,