New Celtic manager Tony Mowbray has held talks with Boruc, who has extra competition for his place after international team-mate Lukasz Zaluska's arrival on freedom of contract from Dundee United.

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Severin, who began his career with Hearts, had moved to Watford on freedom of contract in August, but the 30-year-old Scotland midfielder has started just six games for the Coca-Cola Championship outfit.

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The rules are, you could argue, an inhibition on the freedom of contract, but they are not such a bad thing.

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