Aberdeen: Jimmy Thelin to join from Elfsborg as manager in June with Peter Leven remaining in interim charge this season | Football News
Elfsborg boss Jimmy Thelin will join Aberdeen as the club’s new manager in June.
The Dons had been searching for a new boss since they sacked Barry Robson in January after an inconsistent run of results.
Neil Warnock took interim charge on February 5 – in a move designed to last until the end of this season – however, he stepped down 34 days later.
Aberdeen will continue to be led by Peter Leven until the end of this season who will then join Thelin’s backroom team. They are just five points clear of the Scottish Premiership relegation play-off spot with five games to go this season.
Thelin will bring assistants Emir Bajrami and Christer Persson with him to Pittodrie in the summer.
More to follow…
Who is Thelin?
Thelin is currently head coach of Elfsborg in Sweden
The 46-year-old took charge of Elfsborg in 2018 and led the club to two second-place finishes – with the club only missing out on Sweden’s top-flight title on goal difference last year.
He started his career in the lower leagues of Sweden at FC Ljungarum before joining Jönköpings Södra IF as a youth coach then taking over the first team and guiding them to their best league finish in decades and then promotion.
Thelin had signed a deal until the end of 2025 and after finishing 12th then eighth, led the club to the runners-up spot in 2020 – a feat matched last season as the club missed out on the title to Malmo by just two goals.
What is at stake this season?
Peter Leven will remain in interim charge of Aberdeen until the end of the season
The Dons will hope to avoid being dragged into a relegation play-off battle with just five matches to go this season.
Aberdeen will face Hibernian, St Johnstone, Ross County, Motherwell and Livingston – with potential away trips to the first three clubs – with fixture details to be confirmed this week.
Just five points separate Aberdeen in ninth and 11th-placed Ross County. Whoever finishes in the relegation play-off spot will face a team from the Championship over two legs – live on Sky Sports – for a place in the top flight.
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