Thelin on Leven's Killie links, Dons growth in Europe & 'good' Sparta

[ASFN Admin]

Manager Jimmy Thelin has been speaking to the media before Aberdeen's final Conference League match away to Sparta Prague on Thursday.

Here are the key points:

• Following reports linking Aberdeen assistant Peter Leven with the vacant manager's job at Kilmarnock, Thelin said: "No one has approached us about this situation. I have also talked to Peter and he didn't know anything about it. Right now he is working for Aberdeen and he is focussd here."
• Despite already being knocked out of the competition, the manager said "we are going to pick the best team available," pointing out "we have strong competition inside the squad".
• Thelin says Sparta are "a good team with a lot good players," but he's want his side to "prove to ourselves we are also a good team".
• The manager feels "the team has grown" during the European campaign and wants this game to be a continuation of that.
• Aberdeen have brought "the same squad as before" to Prague, but some players "have some small issues".

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