HONG Kong champions Eastern have offered new deals to four of their six overseas players whose contracts are up at the end of the season.
After clinching their second successive First Division title last weekend, the Eastern management moved quickly in an attempt to sign up striker Dale Tempest, left-winger Ross Greer, central defender or midfielder Tim O'Shea and goalkeeper Iain Hesford.
A fifth overseas signing, striker Paul Nixon, is already under contract for next season.
He will return home to New Zealand on Friday to continue his recovery from a torn thigh muscle.
The future of Eastern's two other foreign players - Brian Hayes and Tony Sealy - is in doubt, with Sealy being lined-up for a move to Kui Tan.
Nixon tore a thigh muscle in a Challenge Shield match against Rangers on November 4 and suffered two recurrences of the injury as he attempted to return to full fitness.