Duk and Miovski suitors told Aberdeen will be 'difficult to deal with' as club demanding major fees for key strike duo

Alan Burrows has insisted Aberdeen will be "difficult clubs to deal with" if teams want to sign star strikers Duk and Bojan Miovski.

The Dons chief executive says Barry Robson wants to keep hold of the pair who have struck up a potent relationship in front of goal so far this season. Aberdeen sit in third place in the league five points ahead of Hearts in fourth with just five games remaining in the Premiership. Robson, who was appointed on a permanent basis earlier this week, takes his seven wins in a row Dons team to Ibrox on Sunday to face Rangers hoping to maintain a strong lead over the Jambos.

Miovski scored the second Dons goal when Aberdeen beat Michael Beale's side 2-0 at Pittodrie last month. It was Beale's only loss to a side that wasn't Celtic since he was appointed Gers manager last year. Duk and the North Macedonia forward have been linked with moves away after only one season in the Granite City but Burrows is adamant the club will keep hold of the pair.

He said: "Both Duk and Miovski have long-term contracts at the club, they're only in the first year of longer term contracts. The club is under no pressure to sell any of them. The club don't want to sell any of the two of them.

"The nature of football is, that the most successful you are, the more successful players are, they attract interest from other, bigger clubs.

"That's not just true of Aberdeen, that's true of almost every club in the world. What I will say and the message I would send out is if anybody wants to take out best assets away from us, particularly ones who have long contracts, we're going to be a very difficult club to deal with."

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