Sandro Schwarz: German in Aberdeen for talks, but the club will not rush into the appointment

The chairman added: “The majority of incoming coaches want, for health reasons or otherwise, a fresh start in the summer.” “They want a full pre-season to solidify their methodology.

“What I would say is that we had a shortlist of about four candidates and we narrowed it down and some of those people are not necessarily available to come and have a look at Aberdeen and have a look at what we have here.

“It’s important to maintain confidentiality because if candidates don’t want you to talk about them, we have to respect that.

“The situation with one of the candidates is that there is a personal challenge, on a family level, that we must respect.

“One of the things I can talk about because he said it’s good for me to mention it is that the visitor from yesterday until the Celtic game is Sandro Schwarz. He’s here to check us and vice versa, but he’s a candidate.”

Asked whether German Schwarz (47 years old) could be appointed quickly if the talks succeed, Cormack said: “That has to be determined.

“We could have signed a coach and brought in someone else in a couple of weeks, but would he have been a 10/10 fit?

“For me, it is embarrassing that we have to complete my sixth permanent appointment, and some in the Premier League have been on seven, eight or nine years at that time. The average tenure is 1.2 years.

“We will take our time to appoint the right coach.”

Meanwhile, Darren Mowbray – the talent scout who brought Bojan Meveski and Wilber Ramadani to Pittodrie – has been reappointed as head of recruitment at Aberdeen.

The Englishman left in the summer of 2023 to join Southampton but now replaces Nuno de Almeida, who was head of recruitment under former boss Jamie Thelen.