Aberdeen are making changes off the field that will help those on the field. Well, that's the plan anyway and only time will tell if the plan will come to frutition.

Aberdeen's executive director Duncan Fraser is convinced the approval of radical plans for the financial restructuring of the club will lead to success on the pitch in the long run. Proposals to split Aberdeen's football activities from the ownership of the stadium were agreed by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting, with the long-term aim to sell the land where Pittodrie stands and move to a new community-owned stadium. Fraser insisted that Aberdeen must be prepared to move if they are to again challenge regularly for honours.

He said: "Financially and operationally Pittodrie has run its course and although we will continue to work out of here for as long as possible, I think it is now widely known we need to move on to prosper. The stadium was fit for purpose in terms of its location 103 years ago, but that is no longer the case and as the possibility of moving to a community-based stadium becomes a reality, then I am sure everyone will buy into that. Aberdeen has always done well by developing its own young talent - our greatest achievements during the 1980s came with a team where the majority of players had come up through our system. That is where Scottish football is going and that is where the game needs to be, so it is important Aberdeen> again has the ability to be at the forefront."

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