Jimmy Thelin coy on Aberdeen interest in Kevin Nisbet and Marcus Younis

Jimmy Thelin refused to be drawn on Aberdeen’s interest in Scotland striker Kevin Nisbet and Australian winger Marcus Younis.

Following the club record sale of Bojan Miovski to Girona last week, the Dons have been heavily linked with a move for out-of-favour Millwall forward Nisbet.

It has also been reported that the Pittodrie club are keen on 19-year-old Western Sydney Wanderers attacker Younis.

However, Thelin was in no mood to shed any light on the situation regarding either player at his pre-match media briefing on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s William Hill Premiership clash with Kilmarnock.

“You’re going to get the same answer today, I don’t want to speak about other team’s players and other speculation,” said the Dons boss. “I think you are better than me to speculate, I will leave it to you.”

Thelin was similarly evasive when asked for an update on Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes, who has not played at all this term after being the subject of an internal disciplinary issue since failing to return on time for pre-season.

The manager declined to discuss the forward’s predicament other than to confirm that “he is not here”, with no further questions allowed on the matter.

Thelin was tight-lipped on his plans for the remaining week of the transfer window, although he is keen to give some of the Dons’ fringe players, such as Jack Milne and Pape Habib Gueye, the opportunity to become more prominent.

“We have some ideas and visions for the future but we also try to think about… you see Jack Milne doing really well in the last game and Pape Habib has also done some good things on the pitch,” said the Swede.

“I look at the training sessions and everyone is competing so my focus is with them right now.

“We also have to respect the window, in both directions, and be prepared. Someone could come for our players so you always have to be prepared, thinking about the short term and the long term.”