Aberdeen boss Barry Robson is confident the friendly win against Charlton Athletic will not mark a farewell to Ylber Ramadani.
Midfielder Ramadani was an unused substitute in the 3-2 win and threw most of his strip into the 1,600 strong travelling Dons support at full-time.
There have been persistent reports of interest from Italian Serie A side Lecce in Albanian international Ramadani.
Ramadani’s action at full-time at the Valley only further fuelled speculation the 27-year-old could be set to move on.
Lecce’s interest has yet to be cemented as Aberdeen have received no contact from the Italian club regarding Ramadani.
However it is understood the feeling within the Pittodrie hierarchy is that the interest in Ramadani will not go away.
Signed for £100,000 from Hungarian club MTK Budapest last summer Ramadani has two years remaining on his Dons deal.
Asked if he was confident Ramadani would remain at Aberdeen, Robson said: “Yes. Why not?
“There is always a lot of speculation around a lot of our players
“Until anything happens – and nothing is happening right now – you can say that about a lot of players.”
‘I will let you know when anything is happening with Ramadani’
Asked if there had been any contact regarding Ramadani, Robson said: “I will let you know when anything is happening with Ramadani. All right?”
Ramadani has featured in all three friendlies during pre-season but remained on the bench at Charlton.
Robson said: “Rama is fit.
“He’s a flying machine and we just rested him up again today.
“He will be good to go against Livingston next week.”
Debut for Israeli right-back Or Dadia
Israeli international right-back Or Dadia made his debut in the friendly win at Charlton.
On loan from Hapoel Be’er Sheeva, defender Dadia was introduced in the 62nd minute.
Dadia is Robson’s seventh signing of a summer transfer window rebuild.
Robson hopes to confirm another new signing before the Premiership opener against Livingston on Saturday.
The Dons have thrashed out a six-figure deal to sign 6ft 4in centre-back Slobodan Rubezic from Serbian top flight club Novi Pazar.
Rubezic’s arrival is subject to the player completing a medical and a work permit being issued.
Asked about Rubezic, Robson said: “We will have to wait and see where we are.
“We are looking at a few players at the minute.
“Hopefully we will still have a few players to come in and give us a hand as well.
“ One thing we won’t do is be rushed into it as we still have a few weeks left in the transfer window.
“The players are performing really well.
“We have some really young players who are doing well so we will have to see where we are in the next few days, week and month.”
Jack Milne injury assessment
Aberdeen are facing a centre-back injury crisis ahead of the Premiership opener with Rhys Williams (back) and Angus MacDonald (knee) both missing recently friendlies.
Centre-back Jack Milne, 20, was taken off injured in the second half at Charlton.
Robson said: “He will be fine, he was just feeling his hamstring a wee bit.”
Aberdeen were 3-0 up at half-time against Charlton courtesy of an own goal from Nathan Asimwe and goals from Graeme Shinnie and Bojan Miovski.
Miovski missed a penalty in the first half, rattling the post with his spot kick.
Charlton hit back after the break via Corey Blackett-Taylor and a Nicky Devlin own goal for a scoreline that flattered the League One Addicks.
Robson said: “I was just glad the fans were watching a team today that was fast and aggressive and really wanted to run for their club.
“We were up against a good side in Charlton, some top players and a big budget.
“It was everything we were looking for really.
“You see the way we want to play.
“We’ve worked hard and we look sharp and at it.
“We still have a few players to come in and give us a hand too.”