Kris Boyd calls out Aberdeen FC as Jimmy Thelin record since saying yes sees dissenters seize on start date

Aberdeen's search for their next manager may have concluded, but the timing of Jimmy Thelin's protracted arrival hasn't gone down too well with punditry duo Kris Boyd and Michael Stewart.

The Swede has agreed to take up the reins at Pittodrie on June 3, two days after his final game in charge of top-flight club Elfsborg. With the new Allsvenskan season underway, Thelin has opted to remain with the Swedish club out of loyalty, instead of coming in to take charge of Aberdeen's final post-split fixtures in a season where they failed to make the top six in the Premiership for the second time in three years.

Thelin's decision has meant that first team coach Peter Leven has been tasked with guiding the Dons through the closing weeks of the campaign, and an unbeaten five run in the league has helped easy any worries that the club's 121-year stay in the top-flight was under serious threat. Thelin's Elfsborg meanwhile have lost their last three matches since it was announced he was to become Aberdeen's 25th permanent manager, leaving them sitting fourth from bottom ahead of the clash with Sirius on Monday evening.

Both Boyd and Stewart have questioned the club's decision not to bring in the 46-year-old until the summer and reckon that it has only piled more pressure on Thelin to hit the ground running when he does arrive in the Granite City. Speaking on Sky Sports on Sunday, a baffled Boyd said: "I don't know what what is going on. If you have appointed a manager, why would you not get him in right now? This needs one needs to work for Aberdeen Football Club. Why is he not in the building right now?

"You can say that he is having a look at them and watching games, but the reality is that if you are still in charge of another club then you are not giving your all to that. He's lost the last three games since being appointed as well, so that tells me that his players have already downed tools.

"So just get him now. This summer for Aberdeen Football Club is huge. Kelle Roos and Connor Barron are out of contract and you'd imagine the ones that have been linked Duk and (Bojan) Miovski will move on. You are going to have to get players in the building.

"They finished third last year but their recruitment in the summer was terrible. They are going to have to nail it this summer."

Former Rangers star Boyd's scathing assessment of the situation came less than 24 hours after BBC pundit Stewart has voiced similar concerns about the timescale of Thelin's arrival. He said: "This is a ridiculous conversation. As a manager why take over? A manager is coming into the club and you have an opportunity for him to have five games to have a look at the squad. There is no better opportunity than now. Not in June, now.

"Whether Aberdeen were going to get relegated or not, that is down to the manager in charge. Do you honestly think Jimmy Thelin is going to look at that team and think 'oh my word if I go in they could get relegated'. There is no way (that would happen). As a manager you are going to look at it and go 'I will get an opportunity to get the best out of them and it gives me a great head start going into the new season."