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<SPAN style="COLOR: red"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt">T&T youth striker goes on trial at Arsenal.
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).</SPAN></SPAN>
National Youth team striker Lester Peltier has joined English Premier League giants Arsenal on trial. The CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh player, who left these shores with teammate Jason Marcano last month for trials at English League One team Milwall FC, is said to have impressed during his stint at that club and was spotted in a training match against Queen’s Park Rangers. According to Jabloteh head coach Terry Fenwick, Peltier also netted a hattrick for the club’s reserve team in a scrimmage with their first team last week.
Fenwick who traveled with the duo over the Carnival week to ensure that they were settled in well at the club, said the 18-year-old Peltier will train in front the Arsenal coaches, most likely with the Reserves at first for another week or so.
“They saw him in the training match and they were impressed. The Arsenal coaches told Milwall they wanted to have a look at him and off he went,” an excited Fenwick told TTFF Media on Friday. “It’s great exposure for the young lad because I think he has an abundance of talent and the experience out there will do him a world of good. We don’t know what the situation with be with both of them, whether they will be signed or not but definitely the football they are experiencing could and should make them better lads.”
Marcano reportedly sustained a groin strain but is still on trial at Milwall.
Meantime, Fenwick added that through his connection, Liam Brady, Arsenal’s youth development director is carded to come out to T&T later this year when the Pro League season gets going to have a look around. Arsenal has one of the world’s best rated youth programs. Brady is in his ninth season in charge of the Arsenal academy and is a former Celtic and Brighton manager. The ex-midfielder played for Sampdoria, Juventus, Arsenal, Ascoli and West Ham and has 72 caps for Republic of Ireland.
Fenwick also relayed that plans are in place for the staging of a mini-tournament in Tobago in a few weeks time involving Jabloteh and teams from Ajax Amsterdam and Milwall comprising of Reserve and youth team players. This series is expected to take place at the Dwight Yorke Stadium prior to the start of the Pro League season and could include a couple other teams yet to be confirmed.
“This will be an ideal opportunity to better our links with these overseas teams because they love the conditions here for preparations and it could be an attraction for our football. We have the facilities so it makes sense using them in this way as well,” Fenwick said. “It’s going to be a good chance to give some exposure to the guys back at home and at the same time there are going to be coaching looking on. Someone’s always watching the game these days and it could be to our benefit when we hold these kind of events,” added the ex-England and Tottenham Hotspur player.
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).</SPAN></SPAN>
National Youth team striker Lester Peltier has joined English Premier League giants Arsenal on trial. The CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh player, who left these shores with teammate Jason Marcano last month for trials at English League One team Milwall FC, is said to have impressed during his stint at that club and was spotted in a training match against Queen’s Park Rangers. According to Jabloteh head coach Terry Fenwick, Peltier also netted a hattrick for the club’s reserve team in a scrimmage with their first team last week.
Fenwick who traveled with the duo over the Carnival week to ensure that they were settled in well at the club, said the 18-year-old Peltier will train in front the Arsenal coaches, most likely with the Reserves at first for another week or so.
“They saw him in the training match and they were impressed. The Arsenal coaches told Milwall they wanted to have a look at him and off he went,” an excited Fenwick told TTFF Media on Friday. “It’s great exposure for the young lad because I think he has an abundance of talent and the experience out there will do him a world of good. We don’t know what the situation with be with both of them, whether they will be signed or not but definitely the football they are experiencing could and should make them better lads.”
Marcano reportedly sustained a groin strain but is still on trial at Milwall.
Meantime, Fenwick added that through his connection, Liam Brady, Arsenal’s youth development director is carded to come out to T&T later this year when the Pro League season gets going to have a look around. Arsenal has one of the world’s best rated youth programs. Brady is in his ninth season in charge of the Arsenal academy and is a former Celtic and Brighton manager. The ex-midfielder played for Sampdoria, Juventus, Arsenal, Ascoli and West Ham and has 72 caps for Republic of Ireland.
Fenwick also relayed that plans are in place for the staging of a mini-tournament in Tobago in a few weeks time involving Jabloteh and teams from Ajax Amsterdam and Milwall comprising of Reserve and youth team players. This series is expected to take place at the Dwight Yorke Stadium prior to the start of the Pro League season and could include a couple other teams yet to be confirmed.
“This will be an ideal opportunity to better our links with these overseas teams because they love the conditions here for preparations and it could be an attraction for our football. We have the facilities so it makes sense using them in this way as well,” Fenwick said. “It’s going to be a good chance to give some exposure to the guys back at home and at the same time there are going to be coaching looking on. Someone’s always watching the game these days and it could be to our benefit when we hold these kind of events,” added the ex-England and Tottenham Hotspur player.
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