Aberdeen have six months to 'prove themselves'

""You have now six months' time to show yourself, you have six months' time to prove you are worth wearing that badge, that you want to be an Aberdeen player, that you want to work for it,""

""If we are show ponying around and not really getting the effort on to the pitch and not getting the intensity up, then that tells me something that we need to change more.""

""It's an open door policy right now. We have a lot of players for selection. It's always a reset when you bring in a new manager.""

""It's always an opportunity and the chance for all the players who were here for many, many years or many months, whatever it is to start at ground zero, to prove themselves, to make themselves available and show that they want to be part of the team.""

Aberdeen's sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel has set a six-month period for players to prove their commitment and performance after the manager's departure. Pfannenstiel will assist interim manager Peter Leven and lead the search for a permanent replacement. The team sits eighth in the Scottish Premiership, prompting urgency and a reset in selection. The club adopts an open-door policy, emphasizing selection of the best XI and readiness to move players on or recruit in January. Alfie Dorrington has left following a loan, and further squad changes are possible to improve cohesion and intensity.

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