Jim Goodwin has told Jay Emmanuel-Thomas that he is not fit enough to play in his Aberdeen team.

The 31-year-old striker, who signed from Livingston last summer, was on the bench against Motherwell for Goodwin's first game in charge of the Dons last month but remained unused and has not featured in the subsequent three matches.

Ahead of the cinch Premiership game against Hibernian on Saturday, where Goodwin looks for his first win as boss of the Granite City club, the former St Mirren manager said: "I had a good conversation with Jay when I came in.

Jim Goodwin tells Aberdeen striker: 'You're not fit enough to play in my team'