Jackson Irvine has revealed the stress and struggle behind his deadline day move from Burton Albion to Hull City while on international duty.
The Australia international signed for Leonid Slutsky's Tigers last week for a fee of around £3 million.
The deal was in the works for days but negotiations and paperwork held up its confirmation until after Irvine left for Japan with the national team.
And that's when it got stressful.
After some initial haggling on "smoothing out payments and bonuses," most details had been agreed on the 24-year-old's deal.
Irvine sailed through the medical and had even posed for the time-honoured photo with a handshake and new club shirt before leaving for Japan.