Tobias Lauritsen: Aberdeen miss out on striker as Jim Goodwin eyes more attacking signings

Tobias Lauritsen has chosen to join Sparta Rotterdam over Aberdeen.

The Norwegian striker travelled to the Netherlands to complete his move from Odds for a reported £600,000.

Lauritsen will join the Eredivisie club from Odds, alongside team-mate Joshua Kitolano, at the end of July.

Aberdeen had a bid of around £300,000 accepted for the 24-year-old who has scored four goals in 11 Eliteserien games so far this season. The Norwegian mid-season transfer window doesn’t open until August with Odds searching for a replacement before he departs.

The Dons have landed another of their key forward targets with the signing of Bojan Miovski, who has joined on a four-year deal from MTK Budapest for a fee of more than £500,000.

Manager Jim Goodwin is still eyeing further reinforcements in attack.

"We’re still talking to a number of players,” he said prior to Lauritsen’s move to Sparta Rotterdam. “I think we’re still a little bit short in a few key areas of the team.

“I would still like to add a bit more pace at the top end of the pitch as well, whether that’s in the striking department or out in the wide areas.

“Lauritsen is a name that’s been flung about by a number of people. But we are speaking to so many players that it wouldn’t be fair for me to mention them all. But Lauritsen is a good player.”

Aberdeen have signed five players this summer and head to Spain next week for a warm weather training camp.