Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Aberdeen step up their pursuit of County defender Jason Naismith

Jason Naismith in action for Ross County
Jason Naismith in action for Ross County

Aberdeen hope the chance to play European football will entice transfer target Jason Naismith to opt for a move to Pittodrie rather than England.

The Dons have not given up hope of convincing Naismith to stay in Scottish football after stepping up their interest in the Ross County right back.

Former St Mirren player Naismith is under contract with the Dingwall club until 2020 but wants to move on from County following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership last season and several clubs are interested in his services.

Peterborough United and Sunderland have tabled £200,000 bids for the defender while Burton Albion and Plymouth Argyle are also tracking the player but the Dons hope they can convince Naismith to reject the opportunity to move to England and instead move to Pittodrie.

The Press and Journal understands Aberdeen have offered a player-plus-cash deal for the 23-year-old in the hope of pipping Sunderland, who are managed by former St Mirren boss Jack Ross, and Posh.

Naismith played for Ross for two months at St Mirren Park before moving to Dingwall in January, 2017 and the new Black Cats manager is keen on a reunion at the Stadium of Light as he bids to lead Sunderland back to the English Championship following relegation.

However, Dons boss Derek McInnes hopes the chance to play in the Europa League and compete for honours in Scotland will convinced Naismith to stay in Scotland and move to Pittodrie.

The Staggies are resigned to losing their player, who was one of their leading lights in a disappointing campaign which ended in relegation in May, but chairman Roy MacGregor will not accept less than £250,000 for the former Scotland under-21 international.

The Dons hope they can convince the Staggies to sell, however, by offering a player plus money in exchange for Naismith. County had an agreement with the Dons to sign Greg Tansey at the end of his loan spell at Victoria Park last season but the move fell through following the Staggies’ relegation to the Scottish Championship.

County remain keen on the Englishman who has been told he does not have a future at Pittodrie despite having two years remaining on his contract.

Tansey is due to return to Pittodrie for pre-season training next week but the Dons hope the chance to play regularly in Dingwall following an injury-blighted campaign with the club and during his loan at Victoria Park, could convince the midfielder to return north.