Ross McCrorie was an Aberdeen player. Dons fans had been on tenterhooks as report after report racked up claiming a deal was done and that an announcement would follow shortly.But as the hours and minutes ebbed away, the silence grew more deafening.While many of the faithful will have given up and headed for the land of nod, the hardcore that reacted with joy as the Reds' biggest deal of the summer went through were surely left to reflect on one question - what on earth took so long?
And it's not just at Aberdeen where transfers seem to becoming the stuff of the epic poem. A similar wait was endured by Celtic fans desperate to hear the signing of Albian Ajeti had been secured.
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