The Dons are set to hand their academy graduate a Pittodrie reprieve and a first-team chance under Stephen Robinson.
18:00, 29 Mar 2026Updated 19:45, 29 Mar 2026
Findlay Marshall(Image: SNS Group)
Aberdeen are closing to in on a new long-term contract for Findlay Marshall.
The midfielder has been a standout for Arbroath, netting 14 goals so far this season.
The teenager is out-of-contract in the summer. Record Sport broke the story last month that the Dons were going to offer him a new deal.
Those negotiations are now at an advanced stage and are expected to be finalised very soon. Marshall will return to Aberdeen in the summer and join Stephen Robinson’s first-team squad.
The player has continued to train with Aberdeen’s first-team the nights he doesn’t train with Arbroath.
It caps a remarkable turnaround for Marshall as he had been told last summer, under Jimmy Thelin, that he was unlikely to have a long-term future at Aberdeen.
His time with the Championship play-off pushers has put him in the shop window and convinced Aberdeen to do a U-Turn.
Sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel has watched Marshall regularly and has been a big driver in pushing this deal through.
Robinson wants to have a team with a strong academy presence, to join the likes of Jack Milne and Dylan Lobban in his first-team squad.
Meanwhile, Kusini Yengi is set to return to Aberdeen this summer. The Australian international has suffered a thigh injury while on-loan at Cerezo Osaka.
Yengi suffered the setback in training, after only four games. The J-League side have the big striker on-loan until June.
They have an option to sign Yengi on a permanent basis, but the indication is that won’t be triggered.
It remains to be seen if he will get another Aberdeen chance under Stephen Robinson, although the likelihood is that the Dons will try to move him on this summer.
It is another setback for the 27-year-old who hasn’t had much luck since he moved to Aberdeen in the summer.
Kusini Yengi(Image: SNS Group)
The Australian had hoped to make his mark at Pittodrie and to win a place at this summer’s World Cup.
He struggled to make an impact at Aberdeen.
Yengi scored one goal in 10 games and it quickly became clear that manager Jimmy Thelin didn’t fancy him.
Aberdeen sporting director Lutz Pfannenstiel was charged with getting him a move in January.
Japanese side Machida Zelvia had travelled to Scotland to get a loan deal signed.
Yengi knocked that back and it opened the door for his brother, Tete Yengi, to make the move to Machida Zelda.
He then also made the move out to the J-League but moved to Cerezo Osaka, where fellow Australian, Arthur Papas, was in charge.