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Tony Yogane can be an Aberdeen 'match winner' as Stephen Robinson confident big investment will pay dividends The new Dons winger will head back to Dundee on Saturday, where he made his name in a loan spell last season Aberdeen boss Stephen Robinson went all out to land Tony Yogane because he is a game-changer. The Dons moved to snap up the winger after his impressive form on loan at Dundee last season. Yogane will return to Dens Park this weekend, but this time as a Dons player after they paid a six-figure fee to land him from Brentford. Robinson stated: “He's a game-changer, Tony. Lovely boy. Takes all the information on board. “It's only his second season again in professional football. He's 20 years of age, so I'm conscious of putting too much pressure on him. “But he's a joy to watch at times. He glides past players. His enthusiasm for the game, he wants more. “So we're expecting big things from him. But again, we have to dip him in and out at times as well. “We managed him over pre-season in terms of his halves and his minutes. But he's certainly ready to go now.” Robinson paid money for Yogane and Lewis Smith because of their creativity and their abilities to eliminate defenders. He claimed this creativity was something he hadn't had the luxury of at his previous clubs, like Motherwell, St Mirren and Morecambe. He claimed: “It's something I didn't have at other clubs - match winners. People that go past people. “That's what you pay good money for. A young boy with huge, huge potential. “He's exciting. He excites the crowd - if I'm sitting in the crowd, I want people to go one v one against people. I want them to be creative. “Certainly, he gets people off their seats, which is what we want. “Lewis Smith on the other side can do that as well. “Lewis is still getting his game time under his belt and still getting that match shortness, which Tony's had a bit of a head start on him. “But I'm excited about both boys. “And, as I say, young Andrew (Fasanya) we've mentioned as well, in contention for them roles as well.” Yogane has swapped an English Premier League club for Pittodrie. His manager admitted it didn’t take much persuading and if it had, he would have pulled the plug. Robinson insisted: “No, not at all and I always go by my signings. “If I have to convince them, and there's more than one phone call, don't sign them. “It’s been something that I've always done in football. “(Don’t sign them) if you have to beg somebody to come and play for you, or they ever think they're coming to do you a favour - which you have to be careful when we get all excited about people that come from bigger clubs in different leagues. “We want them to have that drive.” Robinson has made 12 signings this summer and they have all been desperate to sign for Aberdeen. Keeper Marius Muller swapped the Bundesliga and Wolfsburg for the Granite City. “Marius has got a huge drive,” Robinson insisted. “He's come from the Bundesliga. “He wants to play. He wants to win things. He wants to be competitive. “So it's always something I've wanted to do with my signings is make sure they're hungry.” He will be looking for his team to eat up another three points at Dundee on Saturday. Aberdeen will head south full of confidence after Robinson’s new-look side started off with five straight wins. Four in the Premier Sports Cup and then last weekend they dramatically came from behind to defeat Hearts on day one of their Premiership season. Aberdeen play Dundee in the league and the following week they host them at Pittodrie in the Premier Sports Cup.