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Jimmy Thelin Aberdeen summer appointment 'defeats purpose' as Neil Warnock questions manager call

Neil Warnock reckons Aberdeen appointing Jimmy Thelin in the summer "defeats the purpose" of his early exit.

The Dons confirmed the Swedish coach would take the role of boss at Pittodrie in the summer with a view to taking pre-season and then moving into the position for next term. Warnock, meanwhile, had been interim boss at the club earlier this season and left prematurely, claiming he wanted to allow for a new permanent head coach to take control sooner rather than later.

With Thelin waiting to see Elfsborg through until the end of the season, Peter Leven remains in interim charge. And Warnock, speaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football, reacted to the decision with confusion.

"I always thought Aberdeen was a top club, and although I was only there five weeks, nothing has changed my mind," he said. "I got them to the semi final of the cup but we never won a league game. We lost four and drew three and we should have won every one of those four games. Mistakes cost us dearly.

"I left because I thought they needed to get someone in and look at the squad for five or six weeks because it needs a major overhaul. I thought that's what they were going to do but they didn't do that in the end and just left it.

"They have appointed somebody now but he's not coming into the summer, so I thought that defeated the object of it really. But it's a nice club with nice people."