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Post-Christmas cheer in Oslo for out-of-contract players
By Philip O’Connor, Scandinavia sports correspondent
For many football fans, the post-Christmas blues will be banished by the prospect of their club buying big when the transfer window opens in January.
But the out-of-contract players taking part in the FIFPro Winter Tournament in Oslo are hoping to get their futures sorted out before the window opens again.
On a full-size indoor pitch, players affiliated to Norwegians, Swedish, Finnish and Irish unions got together to play a tournament in front of invited scouts and club representatives from across the region.
All the players are out of contract, and many are desperate for a chance to stay in the game.
from Olympics Notebook: Vancouver 2010:
Olympics Hockey Super Sunday — live
We're running a live blog on the mouth-watering line up of hockey on Sunday, featuring Russia v Czech Republic in Group B, Canada v United States in Group A and Sweden v Finland in Group C.
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