Jimmy Eyes Hibs' Shiels

Last updated : 13 September 2006 By Stand Free Ed

ABERDEEN attempted to sign Hibs striker Dean Shiels on transfer deadline day last month, says boss Jimmy Calderwood.

And Calderwood told the Evening Express today that he may make another move for the 21-year-old who is out of contract at the end of the season.

He said: "We did try to sign Dean from Hibs and I thought there was a very good chance of him coming to us.

"Dean is a very good young player and we thought we had him until Hibs changed their minds.

"January is a long way off so we will have to see what his situation is then, but there will be other players in a similar position."

Northern Ireland international Shiels had an operation to remove his eye in February this year. He has been blind in his right eye since a domestic accident when he was eight years old.