Jimmy Calderwood agrees, and believes this will lead to problems when it comes to signing players in the summer.
He told the Aberdeen Press & Journal: ""Players may delay if other teams are interested in them and they may also wait to see whether Aberdeen are going to get into Europe. I'm a bit disappointed because I thought we would be a lot further on than we are. A lot is down to the agents. If I could get the players one-to-one I doubt it would be a problem.
"Agents might advise a player to wait because there might somebody else, somebody bigger, coming in. That is frustrating.
Jimmy added: "It's a combination of the transfer fees being asked for, agents being involved and players hedging their bets. The ones we are talking about are the best in Scotland, so clubs are entitled to ask for money but, realistically, they are not going to get it from Scottish teams outside of Rangers and Celtic."