Aberdeen have six months to ‘prove themselves’, says sporting director

Alfie Dorrington has left Aberdeen following his second loan spell from Tottenham and Pfannenstiel hinted more players would move on, while also suggesting their would be recruits in January.

“We have a very good squad when it comes to individual players but 11, 15 or 20 players who are individually good don’t necessarily make a good team,” he said.

“We need to have these connection players, who make the current squad better, to add that certain quality to make us into a better team.”

On the hunt for a new manager, Pfannenstiel says “there is some big names, there is some surprising names, there is some terrible names, there is all nationalities”.

But he indicated the Dons would take their time so as to not “run into the wrong decision”.