Aberdeen Football Club can confirm that Barry Robson and his assistant Steve Agnew have agreed to continue in post initially until the end of the current 2022-2023 cinch Premiership season.

Barry took over the role of leading the first-team back in January and has turned the team’s fortunes around in that time, winning four of six league matches, building a confidence and momentum within the squad and earning the right to continue to lead the team.

Chairman Dave Cormack said: “The Club embarked on a clear and patient process where Director of Football, Steven Gunn, led the vetting of all inbound applications as well as managing an outbound search, teaming up with an external agency, to unearth candidates that matched our criteria.

“Once the potential manager pool was down to six candidates, Steven and Chief Executive Alan Burrows, together with non-executive Directors Willie Garner and Stewart Milne, conducted interviews.

“Three candidates, including Barry, met with this group in person for further, in-depth discussions over the last week.

“The board subsequently met to debate the outcomes of these interviews and discussions. It was unanimously agreed that Barry should continue in his role initially through to the end of the season. We believe that continuing the momentum, high standards and energy that Barry has instilled in the squad, with only nine league games to go, is critical to the Club achieving its goal of European football next season.

“Steve Agnew will continue as Barry’s Assistant Manager during this crucial stage. We look forward to Barry and his team building on the progress they have made through the rest of the season.”

Barry Robson added: “Both Steve and I are delighted and honoured to be asked by the board to continue in our current roles and to demonstrate our ability to lead the team in the longer term.

“We have had a tremendous reaction from the players, and they deserve a huge amount of credit for the way they have bought into the things we have asked them to do.

“I fully understand what our objectives are between now and the end of May, and I will work as hard as I possibly can, together with the excellent staff group at the Club, to deliver on those expectations.”