Jim Goodwin eyeing 5 Aberdeen summer transfers as he fires relegation warning

Jim Goodwin is adamant Aberdeen aren’t out of the relegation woods yet.

The Dons boss, who is looking for five new players in the summer when a clearout of his underachieving squad will take place, believes a win over Livingston on Saturday can set a positive tone for the remainder of the campaign but knows that any further slip-ups could start alarm bells ringing.

He said: “I wouldn’t dare be as arrogant to think we are too big a club to get dragged into that kind of thing.

“Certain clubs in the past have all been there – the likes of Hibs, Hearts and Dundee United.

“After the Ross County game I made it clear to the players that none of us should be thinking about going on holiday or easing off now that we are coming to the end of the season.

“We still have a hell of a lot of football to play and we need to go and win games.

“We need to get those wins on the board as early as possible to pull ourselves away from that bottom of the table.

“But also to try to secure seventh place, the best of the rest.

“It has been a very disappointing season. There is no getting away from that.”

Despite that, Goodwin believes he can still lure quality players to the Granite City - even without the carrot of European football being dangled in front of them.

He added: “We need four or five good players to come in to strengthen the squad in the summer and add that freshness to it.

“I do think if you are involved in European competition that would certainly be an attraction for players coming in.

“However I do think the players we have had dialogue with up to now are very understanding of the situation.

“Prior to this year the club have been very consistent in terms of where they have been in terms of league positioning.

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