Aberdeen manager search: Sandro Schwarz on job in Eirik Horneland deal for troubled Pittodrie Mixed Football News

Aberdeen are looking at other options to fill their managerial vacancy amid delays in finalizing a deal for Eirik Horneland.

The Tang family is The 50-year-old was set to be appointed as their new head coach last monthbut his uncertainty over personal issues has stalled his plans to move to Pittodrie.

If his issues can be resolved quickly, Hornland could still be eligible for the job.

However, Towns is now in talks with other candidates, including former New York Red Bulls coach Sandro Schwartz.

The 47-year-old German, who previously coached Mainz, Dynamo Moscow and Hertha Berlin, left the New York Red Bulls last October.

He is best known as sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel, who has led the process ever since. Jimmy Thelin fired in early January.

Following this, Peter Leven took interim charge, winning one of eight league games and the club finishing eighth in the Scottish Premiership.

However, they defeated Rice Wanderers and Motherwell to progress to the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.

Aberdeen Chairman Dave Cormack revealed last week that the appointment of a new head coach had been delayed Due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

He added that Pfannansteel had held talks with “several strong candidates from the UK and overseas” and the club “must not rush or compromise” the appointment.

Although talks with candidates are still ongoing, Aberdeen announced that former assistant manager Tony Docherty returned to Pittodrie last month to support Levine.

Docherty was part of former manager Derek McInnes’ backroom team for eight years at the club, joining him at Kilmarnock before going on his own in management at Dundee and Ross County.