"It is no surprise that Aberdeen have made major changes to their recruitment team again. Nuno de Almeida has left and Darren Mowbray has returned as head of recruitment. It was hardly the biggest surprise when the Dons announced the news on Tuesday night. Everybody knew the writing had been on the wall for de Almeida."
"This season should have been a real window of opportunity for Aberdeen. They have made no secret of their model to be a selling club. The Dons went into the summer as Scottish Cup winners and were guaranteed European group stage football, which brought significant prize money. Aberdeen was in a position of strength and if they had recruited well, they really could have pulled away from the likes of Hearts and Hibs."
"In fact they got the majority of the recruitment so wrong that it has probably caused the club to regress on-field rather than progress. It has been a real opportunity missed. It is not as if Dave Cormack and the Aberdeen board held money back. They backed Thelin heavily and even went over-budget."
Aberdeen made significant changes to their recruitment department, with Nuno de Almeida departing and Darren Mowbray returning as head of recruitment. The change came after a disappointing season where the club failed to capitalize on a position of strength, including Scottish Cup victory and guaranteed European group stage football with associated prize money. Despite board backing and investment, the majority of summer signings underperformed, including striker Kusini Yengi from Portsmouth. The recruitment failures caused the club to regress rather than progress, missing an opportunity to close the gap on Rangers and Celtic while distancing themselves from Hearts and Hibernian.
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