Image source, SNSImage caption, Stephen Robinson became St Mirren manager in 2022
Aberdeen have made an approach to Scottish Premiership rivals St Mirren for manager Stephen Robinson.
The Pittodrie club have announced they have "been officially given permission to enter formal talks" with the 51-year-old Northern Irishman about their managerial vacancy.
Peter Leven has been in caretaker charge since Aberdeen sacked Jimmy Thelin in early January.
But they suffered a bruising 3-0 defeat by second-tier Dunfermline Athletic in Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final and have won just once in eight outings, losing the latest three.
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He led the Buddies to top-six finishes in his previous three seasons, although they currently sit 10th, one place and five points below Aberdeen, just three ahead of Kilmarnock in the relegation play-off spot.
The news of Aberdeen's approach comes just over a week after chairman Dave Cormack confirmed that former Mainz, Hertha Berlin and Dinamo Moscow head coach Sandro Schwarz, who recently left New York Red Bulls, was in the city for talks about the vacancy.
However, Cormack stressed that the German was only one of several candidates.
Last month, Eirik Horneland also emerged as a leading candidate after his departure from French Ligue 2 club Saint-Etienne.
However, the former Brann and Rosenborg head coach was subsequently quoted as saying he would not be taking up another post until at least the end of the season.
