Caldwell & McGlynn linked with Aberdeen job - gossip

What the report says

BBC Sport Football reports that Aberdeen are considering early candidates to replace head coach Stephen Robinson, with former Wigan and Partick Thistle boss Gary Caldwell said to be on the shortlist. The item is presented as transfer and managerial gossip, and it does not say that any appointment has been made. It also notes that ex-Hearts manager Craig Levein has put forward Falkirk head coach John McGlynn as another name Aberdeen should look at.

The report adds commentary around McGlynn from Levein, who is quoted by the BBC’s cited sources as believing Scottish football has undervalued the Falkirk manager’s ability. No firm timeline, interview, or club response is included in the snippet provided, so the status of any approach remains unclear.

The same roundup separately mentions Celtic midfielder Mika Baur leaving Germany’s Under-21 squad after an ankle injury sustained in the weekend win over Kilmarnock. That detail is included as part of a wider gossip and news package, rather than as a direct link to the Aberdeen situation.

More broadly, managerial turnover stories like this often surface when clubs are under pressure, but BBC Sport’s item here is best read as an early shortlist update rather than a confirmed search process. No final decision, offer, or preferred candidate is stated in the evidence provided.