Dave Cormack claims Stephen Glass wasn’t first choice and preferred candidate got offered another job mid Aberdeen interview

Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack admits the club were on the verge of appointing another manager before Stephen Glass.

But an abrupt U-turn from the mystery candidate DURING his final interview led the club to intensify their pursuit of the Atlanta B boss.

Glass was sacked by Aberdeen less than a year after replaced Derek McInnes.

He was unable to drive the Dons up the Premiership table and a Scottish Cup defeat to Motherwell was the final straw.

Cormack had previously defended Glass to the hilt and was adamant he wanted him from the start - comparing his "exciting" pedigree to the likes of Pep Guardiola, Zinedine Zidane and then- Rangers boss Steven Gerrard.

However, in a new interview on the club's official YouTube channel, Cormack revealed that there was another candidate on the brink of getting the job.

The Dons chairman said: "The rationale behind appointing Stephen, it was't just Stephen.

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"It was Allan Russell with his significant experience who had been at the World Cup with England. It was Scott Brown with his significant experience of Scottish football.

"Plus it was Neil Simpson moving up from the youth academy into the first-team coaching setup.

"As far as other candidates were concerned,