Patience required by Del

ABERDEEN boss Derek McInnes admits he may have to be patient in the bid to land signings this month.

McInnes confirmed he has a “plan in place” to strengthen his squad for the second half of the campaign.

However, he could face a sweat until the end of the January transfer window before landing targets.

McInnes recently confirmed he wants to secure an attacking game-changer this month.

But players will have to exit Pittodrie first to open up space, and funds, for any new additions.

McInnes said: “We have a plan in place of what we would like to do.

“It is called the January window but a lot of the time nothing really happens until the last few days. I know where I would like to freshen up.

“I would like to bring in one or two that could give us that bit more threat in the forward areas.

“However, we are restricted in what we can do.

“For us to really be able to do anything we need one or two players to move out to try something else and get regular football. At the minute we stay as we are until that situation changes.”

One player set to exit Pittodrie is Venezuelan international full-back Ronald Hernandez.

The 23-year-old is back in his homeland after the Dons gave him special dispensation to return to his family over the festive season.

Hernandez’s wife and young daughter had been in Venezuela all year due to the pandemic.

Signed for £800,000 on a four-and-a-half year deal from Norwegian side Stabaek in January last year, Hernandez made just three starts for the Dons.