Sam Cosgrove: Last News

Derek McInnes wants to sign the striker from Bristol City until January. Several other English clubs are also interested and McInnes is waiting for the English League One club to make a decision on a possible loan move.

Ross McCrorie and then set his sights on more transfer business to solve his striking crisis.The Dons agreed a year-long loan for McCrorie and will then buy him permanently from Rangers for £350,000 next summer.Aberdeen beat Hibs to the punch to land the 22-year-old, who has penned a Pittodrie contract until 2024.McInnes revealed McCrorie is on a long-term contract and now he wants a short-term striking fix after injuries to Sam Cosgrove, Ryan Edmondson and Curtis Main, while Bruce Anderson is still unavailable.The Aberdeen manager admitted: “I’ve spoken to a lot of people who have worked with him before and a lot of our lads know him from the international setup and a lot of my staff have been involved with him at the U21’s and always

Europa League first qualifying round in Nyon today and the good news at this stage is BOTH will be seeded.It’s been a miserable start to the Premiership campaign for the two clubs who finished third and fourth respectively last season and both are still hunting their first points.In addition Aberdeen have been struck with the ‘Covid Eight’ crisis that sees Derek McInnes without a string of first team stars for the next two league matches.However they should all be back - other than injured Sam Cosgrove - for the Europa League first qualifying round tie which will take place on August 27.For the Dons it’s an incredible seventh successive season in the qualifiers - but Derek McInnes is still waiting for his first crack at the group

Leeds United striker Ryan Edmondson.The Dons are trying to tie up a loan deal for the 19-year-old frontman.Derek McInnes confirmed in his pre-match press conference that he was looking to bring in an attacker with Sam Cosgrove and Curtis Main both injured.McInnes wants to bring in Edmondson on-loan from Leeds to fill that void.He has already explored different targets but hopes he has got his man this time.The England youth international is likely to move north on a short-term deal.Edmondson had a spell at York City before  the Premiership new boys moved for him.McInnes, as it stands, only has Bruce Anderson fit as his only first-team striker with any experience.Anderson is set to start against Rangers on Saturday.Aberdeen will hope to get

Sam Cosgrove is set to miss the first four months of the season with a knee injury. The Dons striker was set to line up for Derek McInnes' men in this Saturday's Scottish Premiership opener against Rangers.

Aberdeen staff. The Dons chairman made it crystal clear Derek McInnes ’ prized assets won’t be flogged on the cheap, despite the coronavirus cash issues which led to salary reductions across the board.

Sam Cosgrove and is hoping Aberdeen can keep all their top stars this summer.The Dons top scorer Cosgrove knocked back a £2 million move to French side Guingamp last week, even though he was given permission to open talks.Cosgrove has netted an impressive 44 goals in two seasons and McInnes is well aware of the size of the void that would be left if his team had lost that impressive firepower.He is also hopeful his team can keep Scotland star Scott McKenna and young player of the year Lewis Ferguson, despite the growing financial pressures on the club and the potential £10 million hole left by the COVID-19 shutdown.McInnes said: “We face a situation at the minute where we’ve got to be mindful of the financial situation the club is in.“We

Sam Cosgrove has knocked back a £2 million move to Guingamp.The Ligue 2 side tried to land the Dons star ahead of the French signing deadline on Wednesday.Aberdeen and Guingamp were in talks over a fee and had granted Cosgrove permission to open talks.The problem for the 23-year-old is that he was only given 24 hours to make up his mind before the French signing deadline passed.Cosgrove wanted more time to weigh up his options.He wasn’t 100 per cent convinced on the move to the second tier of French football and decided he would rather remain at Aberdeen.Guingamp could yet resurrect their interest when their window re-opens in a month’s time but it seems unlikely Cosgrove’s position will change.The prolific striker also has strong interest

Derek McInnes has revealed that Aberdeen are close to agreeing a deal for Tommie Hoban as a replacement for injured stopper Scott McKenna.

Lewis Ferguson will not be sold on the cheap by Aberdeen this summer but admits it will be hard to retain all of his best players. The Scottish Football Writers’ Association’s Young Player of the Year is a target for Brentford but has also been strongly linked with Rangers.