Every next Aberdeen manager candidate ranked as Dave Cormack eyes gold star CVs

For the second time in less than a year Aberdeen are on the hunt for a new manager.

Things turned stale after eight years of Derek McInnes and chairman Dave Cormack looked to move things in a new direction with Stephen Glass.

The former Dons player arrived with the intention of moving to a more entertaining and aesthetically pleasing style of play but things never really clicked.

Saturday's Scottish Cup elimination ended any hope of silverware this season and ninth place in the Premiership – albeit just four points off fourth – is not good enough for a club of Aberdeen's size and budget.

Cormack will therefore be sifting through CVs to make the second hire of his reign, and it's one the businessman really has to get right.

Here, Record Sport ranks the names likely to be in the frame as Aberdeen get the interview process started.

The former Celtic midfielder, believed to be interested in the job, would once have been seen as a coup for any Scottish club but his stock has fallen in recent years.

Lambert impressed with Wycombe, Colchester and Norwich but has found things difficult since then.

Only in a salvage job at Wolves has his win percentage exceeded 40 per cent since leaving the Canaries, and he failed to get Ipswich Town out of League One in two attempts.

Lambert's football has also come in for criticism, and would seem at odds with the aim of bringing a more progressive style to Pittodrie.

He reached the very top of the game as a player and has shown his ability in the dugout but the jury would very much be out were he to get the gig.

Considered an outside bet with the bookies, Wicky has an American connection after his time with the US Under-17 team and MLS side Chicago Fire.

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