Canadian winger Hoilett puts in legwork for Dons

RECENT signing Junior Hoilett is racking up extra hours in training in a bid to help save Aberdeen’s season, reveals boss Neil Warnock.

Canadian international Hoilett is Warnock’s only signing since his appointment as interim manager until the end of the season on February 6.

Warnock confirmed the winger is likely to be his only signing during his time at the Pittodrie helm.

Winger Hoilett, who was a free agent, was secured on a shortterm contract until the end of the campaign.

The 33-year-old had been without a club since leaving Vancouver Whitecaps at the end of the 2023 MLS season.

Hoilett had been training with League One club Reading before joining the Dons.

However, he had not played since his final appearance for Vancouver at the start of November.

Warnock says former QPR and Cardiff City winger Hoilett is “desperate to do well at Aberdeen”.

And after three months without a game prior to moving to Pittodrie, Warnock revealed Hoilett is working overtime to get quickly up to speed.

Hoilett is even in the gym training before the veteran gaffer arrives at the club’s Cormack Park training facility early in the morning.

Warnock said: “I came in to do my workout, I work out three or four days a week believe it or not, and at nine in the morning who’s on the treadmill? Junior.

“I went into my office first for half an hour to do some work before I did my workout.

“And when I finished he was still there.”

Hoilett’s extra graft is paying off as the former Blackburn Rovers winger was drafted in for his first start at the weekend in the 2-1 loss at St Mirren.