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Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes confirmed New York Red Bulls are interested in Sam Cosgrove but doesn’t expect Major League Soccer to be his next port of call.

Record Sport broke the story on Friday night the American side are keen on the Dons top scorer, who took his tally for the season to 21 with his Scottish Cup winner against Dumbarton.

The Dons manager accepts an offer might be forthcoming but would be surprised if Cosgrove ended up Stateside.

McInnes confirmed: "I'm led to believe they have been watching him and I'm led to believe he is a player of interest.

"But there has been no offers or conversations with our chairman about that so far.

"Whether we anticipate offers or whatever that might well come in I don't think the MLS is the next destination for Sam but we don't know until we get an offer.”

McInnes also confirmed that Aberdeen are trying to bring Matty Kennedy to Pittodrie this month. They have already signed the winger on a pre-contract and are trying to strike a deal with St Johnstone before the close of the window. Saints want money plus a player on loan, with their top preference being Scotland cap Mikey Devlin.

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"We had an attempt on Friday to get him here but he is St Johnstone 's player and it's up to them as they are in control,” McInnes admitted.

"We can only do what we can and I am pleased that we made an attempt to get him as we still lack a bit of speed in the team.

"We need the creativity he can bring to the team and if we can't get him now we will look at bringing in others this month.

"We are looking at others and we will get someone in during this window to help games like today when we need more creativity and penetration."

Aberdeen have also agreed a fee with Ross County for their teenage midfielder Mark Gallagher and he is expected to have a medical on Monday.

He said: "I'm reluctant to talk about that but we have agreed a fee with Ross County and he will be here next week.

"He's a player we have watched against out own development team and are really impressed with him.

"We think he is a young player who has got a chance so that's why we have brought him in to our development squad.”