Wigan Athletic chief responds to Aberdeen boss job speculation - ‘back home’

Gary Caldwell may be one of the names being touted for the managerial vacancy at Aberdeen - but the Wigan Athletic boss insists he’s going nowhere.

Aberdeen are looking for a new gaffer following the sacking of Stephen Robinson.

And the name of Caldwell was immediately thrown into the ring by talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent Alex Crook.

“Gary Caldwell understood to be a name on Aberdeen's shortlist for their next manager. Been admired by the club for a little while,” tweeted Crook, who has more than 210,000 followers.

However, the idea is an absolute non-starter - right from the horse’s mouth!

"Nothing from my side,” replied Caldwell, when asked by Wigan Today about the situation.

"Aberdeen are a fantastic football club with an incredible history. But as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing in it.

"I'm back home, I'm at a place where I've been as a player, a manager, and a coach before, in a very long-term project that will take a long time to come to its potential.

"I'm at the very beginning of that, I'm really enjoying it, and I think you can see the progress we've already made in a short space of time.

"But this is a very long-term project that I want to see out.”

Caldwell is in his second spell as Wigan manager.

He led the team to the League One title in his first full season in charge in 2015/16, before being sacked three months into the following campaign after a difficult start.

"The first time I was here as manager, I didn't get to see out my plan, my grand vision, for getting the club back to where it wanted to be,” he added.

"This time I definitely want to see that through, we're still at the very early stages of that, and I'm not going to give that up any time soon.

"I think this is a project that is going to take time - there will be hard times and setbacks along the way.

"But I really believe when get this right - through coaching, recruitment, building the club up from the foundation we have at the moment - we can be a really successful club.

"And I really want to see that through."