Elfsborg manager Jimmy Thelin has reportedly dropped out of the race to be Aberdeen’s next manager.
Aberdeen are keen to appoint a new boss ahead of next weekend’s important Premiership clash with County Ross, but Thelin is likely to have self-governed out of the race.
Thelin had talks with the Dons last year before the club opted for Barry Robson.
The 46-year-old Swede is back on the list of candidates for the vacant position at Pittodrie, but the Scottish Sun reported that Swedish resources expected Thelin, who joined the Sunderland project in December, to remain at Elfsborg.
The Swedish season will start this month.
Asked over the weekend about his connection to racing in Aberdeen, Thelin said: “I haven’t heard anything about it. The authors of those stories will have to be from Scotland.
Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Mark Fotheringham have expressed interest in the job, while Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has been linked with a move to Pittodrie.
Former Norwich City, Sunderland and Hamilton Accies boss Alex Neil has been linked with the Dons.
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