Bojan Miovski handed positive Aberdeen injury news as Barry Robson keeps his fingers crossed after X rated tackle

Aberdeen boss Barry Robson is keeping his fingers crossed that star striker Bojan Miovski will be fit for pre-season.

The North Macedonian’s 18 goals in his first season helped the Dons clinch third place, but he damaged ankle ligaments against St Mirren on Wednesday. Robson hopes a specialist will provide good news on Monday. He said: “We got a scan and while there are a lot of wee issues, we hope it’s not as bad as first feared. We’ll find out more when he sees a specialist. Fingers crossed we’ll get him back sooner rather than later.”

Meanwhile, Ryan Duncan has packed as much into his breakthrough season as some players manage in an entire career – and the Aberdeen kid isn’t finished yet. When the final whistle blows at Parkhead today to bring to an end the Dons’ rollercoaster season that has seen them finish the best of the rest, the 19-year-old midfielder will start to pack his bags for Spain with Scotland Under-21s.

And while a double header there against Norway next month means he won’t have as much of a break as his Pittodrie pals, the youth academy product believes it will have him perfectly tuned up for a crack at Europe next term. When you consider Dons’ horror run of form after the World Cup break, which culminated in Scottish Cup humiliation at Darvel and the sacking of Jim Goodwin, it’s little wonder the teenager shakes his head at it all.

He said: “It has been some experience that’s for sure. It was a tough time and I was part of the Darvel game but I think that really brought us together and closer as a team.

“We are a tight team and those tough times really helped us make it good and go on that run.”

Duncan grew up watching Aberdeen in Europe and can’t wait to get the chance to play on that stage for