Jim Goodwin praised the moment influence of debut striker Bojan Miovski in Aberdeen colors then ruefully admitted there’s no likelihood of Martin Boyle becoming a member of him at Pittodrie. Boyle was pictured within the crowd because the Dons beat Raith Rovers 3-0 on Sunday to win Group A of the Premier Sports activities Cup however Goodwin moved swiftly to squash any hypothesis that the previous Hibs attacker - now on £20,000 per week in Saudi Arabia - may he headed to the Granite Metropolis.
The Aberdeen boss smiled: “There’s nothing in any respect in that. So far as I’m conscious Martin’s household are Aberdeen primarily based. And we don’t have the cash that the Saudi’s have, so we will be unable to match his phrases I’m afraid!”
Goodwin was happy with North Macedonian striker Miovski, who scored from the penalty spot after simply 5 minutes, and whom he believes might be a serious asset when he's totally in control. The Irishman added: “You at all times need your centre forwards and your attacking gamers to stand up and operating early.
"I’m delighted for Miovski. The best way he dispatched the penalty was good. He’s solely had two coaching classes with the group. He was actually drained at half-time however we simply needed to get one other 10 or quarter-hour into his legs.
"He’s nowhere close to as sharp as he must be. He must do issues a bit bit faster at occasions in possession. However that’s solely pure for a man who’s up to now behind the remainder of the group.”
Goodwin, who has been linked with Dutch outfit Excelsior's former Arsenal midfielder Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill, is trying to additional strengthen his squad, with a left again and attacking midfielder in his sights.
The Aberdeen boss mentioned: “We'll hopefully have a bit of reports on Monday on the attacking midfielder. When Connor Barron is out of the workforce I believe we glance actually quick in there for creativity from the midfield space. I would love another attacking participant, another attacking midfield participant who's comfy on the ball.
“And I believe we want a little bit of left-back cowl as properly. They're the three key areas in the mean time and we're working arduous on them.”
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