The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
No shortage of big names show interest in Dons job
Poland’s 2022 World Cup manager Czeslaw Michniewicz wants the Aberdeen job.
Michniewicz and assistant Kamil Potrykus led Poland to the knock-out stages at the Qatar World Cup in November last year.
Michniewicz, 52, has won Polish league titles with Legia Warsaw (2021) and Zaglebie Lubin (2007).
Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke is also interested in the Aberdeen position.
Yorke won the Australia Cup last year with A-League side MacArthur FC.
The 51-year-old claimed he could smash Celtic and Rangers’ dominance of Scottish football if given the Aberdeen job, and backing by the Pittodrie board.
Former Inverness Caley Thistle, Ross County and Hibs boss John Hughes is on record as saying he has applied for the job.
Former Huddersfield and Portsmouth manager Danny Cowley is also in the frame.
Kennedy, 69, insists the heat is on Chairman Cormack and the board to appoint the right manager to bring success back to Pittodrie.
He said: “There is a lot of pressure for the next appointment as there have already been two appointments that didn’t land well.
“It didn’t work out with Stephen Glass.
“And it didn’t work out with Jim Goodwin, not when you are losing to Darvel then 5-0 to Hearts and 6-0 to Hibs.
“You just can’t lose to Darvel.
“I watched the game and the Darvel manager said all the correct things such as your families will be here and this game is for pride.
“In cup games like that Fergie would say these teams will fight and make life difficult for us.
“However we can also fight and make life difficult for them, and we are better players.
“In cup games against teams like Darvel they are going to be in your face from the start, don’t expect that not to happen.
“Aberdeen wasn’t at the races in that game.
“I don’t know if Aberdeen should go for an English or overseas manager that knows Scottish football. Or a Scottish manager.
“That is down to the board but it is a difficult choice to make.”
Scotland international right-back Kennedy was an unused substitute when Aberdeen beat Real Madrid to win the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983.
Kennedy was an integral part of the team but suffered a serious knee injury in the semi-final second leg tie against Waterschei.
It was a mark of Sir Alex Ferguson’s high regard for Kennedy that he named him on the bench even though he was unable to play due to injury.
Aberdeen will commemorate the 40th anniversary of that win in
Gothenburg with a series of events in May.
A gala dinner will take place on Thursday May 11, exactly 40 years to the day from the Euro triumph.
The club and the Gothenburg Greats will be presented with the Freedom of the City by Aberdeen City Council the following day.
Supporters will be able to attend the ticketed event to watch the ceremony from the Richard Donald Stand.
The celebrations will conclude when the Gothenburg Greats will be guests of honour at a Premiership game on either Saturday May 13 or Sunday May 14.
The SPFL has confirmed the Dons will have a home fixture that weekend.
However, Aberdeen’s opponents will only be known when the Premiership post-split fixtures are announced.
Kennedy said: “Aberdeen played Real Madrid off the park. It was an outstanding performance, a real top class, tactical European performance.
“We also beat Bayern Munich (quarter-finals) in that tournament.
“If you want to beat a club in a European final it would be Real Madrid.
“It doesn’t come bigger than beating Real Madrid in a European final.”