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Title: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Trini _2026 on August 09, 2011, 06:40:19 PM
W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
www.ttproleague.com

W Connection’s St. Lucian teenaged striker Zaine Pierre will jet off on Saturday for a two-week trial with Italian Serie A club Genoa.

This was confirmed by the TT Pro League club via a press release on Monday.

In the release the club included that Genoa will cover all expenses including Pierre’s airfare from Trinidad to Italy.

Zaine joined Connection two years ago at the age of 16 where he underwent development at the club under the care of club President David John Williams and head coach Stuart Charles Fevrier.

In 2010 Pierre had stints with top English clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool and Tottenham. Earlier this year the teenager also had a trial at MLS club San Jose Earthquakes.

Pierre who will turn 18 in September recently successfully represented St Lucia’s senior team in the preliminary round of the World Cup qualifiers against Aruba, and now looks forward for second round where St Lucia will be playing Canada, St Kitts and Puerto Rico.

The release also stated that Zaine Pierre is elated by the opportunity and is determined to play in the prestigious Serie A.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Bakes on August 09, 2011, 09:41:51 PM
Nobody commenting because he's Lucian or what?  Regardless... congrats to de yute...dis is big recognition for W Connection, and the Pro League.  Hopefully he's successful on trial, or at least opens enough eyes as to merit further interest in Italy for TnT footballers.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Tenorsaw on August 09, 2011, 10:45:36 PM
This is what we need from the local clubs.  Produce talent and sell them to be able to reinvest in the club.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerman on August 09, 2011, 11:00:00 PM
Good luck solider :beermug: Hopefully he find a Trini wife at his stint with Connection ;D
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Ngozi on August 09, 2011, 11:47:02 PM
Good luck to the youth .. for real!!!
Title: Caribbean ace denied PL switch
Post by: de_redman on August 11, 2011, 09:30:05 AM
www.skysports.com (http://www.skysports.com)

Caribbean ace denied PL switch
Pierre likely for switch to Spain or Italy

Caribbean starlet Zaine Pierre looks set for a move to Spain or Italy, rather than England, skysports.com understands.

The 17-year-old midfielder has already spent time on trial at Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester City and Stoke in the last 12 months.

But despite interest in landing him on a permanent deal, work permit regulations mean the St Lucia international is currently unable to play in England.

He is now looking likely to move to mainland Europe, with the likes of Genoa, Roma, Atletico Madrid and Villarreal all keen.

Genoa appear to be currently heading the chase for the W-Connection ace as he is set to link-up with them on loan.

"He has the experience of being on trial with some of the top clubs in England while he was still 16 years old so that will serve him in good stead," W-Connection chairman John Williams told the Trinidad Guardian.

"Pierre may still be a teenager but I'm confident that he will give a good account of himself knowing that he has a chance to play for one of the top clubs in Italian football."

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Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: kicker on August 11, 2011, 10:09:25 AM
Nobody commenting because he's Lucian or what? 

That would be my guess...

But yuh right - good luck to him 
Title: Did a TnT player sign for Genoa ??
Post by: Big Magician on April 18, 2012, 05:51:23 PM
i was checking sports news on TV and switched on to hear some player named " Pierre" sing with Genoa... also mentioned trials in UK but permit problems...any word on this ???
Title: Re: Did a TnT player sign for Genoa ??
Post by: Tallman on April 18, 2012, 05:57:51 PM
Ah believe dat is de St. Lucian fella, Zaine Pierre, from W-Connection.
Title: Re: Did a TnT player sign for Genoa ??
Post by: theworm2345 on April 18, 2012, 06:16:09 PM
Ah believe dat is de St. Lucian fella, Zaine Pierre, from W-Connection.
Yeah, he has been on trial at Genoa so it would most likely be him.
Title: Re: Did a TnT player sign for Genoa ??
Post by: Trini _2026 on April 18, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
To bad he from st lucia 

Arsenal, Tottenham keen on St Lucia teen Zaine Pierre
Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 12:15
http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/arsenal-tottenham-keen-st-lucia-teen-zaine-pierre-1812881
St Lucia international Zaine Pierre, 17, has some of the Premier League's biggest clubs eyeing his transfer.

The Mirror says Pierre, who plays as an attacking midfielder, trained with Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester City and Stoke City last year, but couldn't sign due to work permit restrictions.

Pierre, who turns 18 in September, is regarded as one of the hottest prospects in world football and is keen to make a name for himself in Europe.

Pierre was tipped for the top by ex-Spurs forward Les Ferdinand after he coached him as part of a talent-search project in the Caribbean in May.
Title: Re: Did a TnT player sign for Genoa ??
Post by: Big Magician on April 18, 2012, 06:22:37 PM
right right...ok...good luck kid
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: theworm2345 on April 18, 2012, 07:31:36 PM
Big Mag which TV station did you see this on?  Can't find anything online?
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerrama on April 18, 2012, 09:33:07 PM
http://www.ttproleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1194:connections-zaine-pierre-signed-by-italian-serie-a-club-genoa&catid=1:domestic-news&Itemid=80


Wednesday, 18 April 2012 18:12   

Connection’s Zaine Pierre signed by Italian Serie A club Genoa

Teenaged W Connection midfielder Zaine Pierre has completed a major move to Serie A club, Genoa officially signing a four year deal this week.

The 18 year old St. Lucian has spent the last six months with the Italian club following stints with English clubs Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs, Manchester City, Liverpool and Stoke City.

According to a press release by Connection, all English clubs expressed interest in his ability however work permit restrictions prevented any move.

The release further stated that Genoa then stepped in and secured the player’s signature, however Connection preferred not to disclose the transfer fee involved.

“This signing has sparked a lot of interest in other young players at W Connection by other major Italian Clubs, and will no doubt pave the way for future signings,” said the Digicel Pro League Champions. “This move has again reinforced the strength and potential of W Connection’s youth system and programme. The Club remains committed to the development of young talented players from Trinidad and Tobago as well as the wider Caribbean.”

Pierre joined W Connection Football Club youth academy at the age of 16 years and was immediately promoted to the Senior Team as one of the talents spotted by head coach and fellow countryman Stuart Charles Fevrier.

It was also revealed that Pierre through his advisor, Daniel Wilson, has secured a sponsorship contract with Puma.
 
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Bakes on April 18, 2012, 11:56:39 PM
Very nice...congrats to the yute
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: vb on April 18, 2012, 11:59:47 PM
You notice they never say how much money they get.

It's nice that they can sell players but how do they build a team when the best players have to be sold.

VB
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Trinimassive on April 19, 2012, 01:04:57 PM
You notice they never say how much money they get.

It's nice that they can sell players but how do they build a team when the best players have to be sold.

VB

They are a selling team, and if that motivates the teams in T&T to produce better players then I guess for now that would have to work.

At least with this team he going to it's in a top league so hopefully he aint being treated like "Animal"

Interesting that he isn't much younger than S. Winchester and travel less but get a contract. Winchester still globetrotting.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Bakes on April 19, 2012, 01:53:06 PM
You notice they never say how much money they get.

It's nice that they can sell players but how do they build a team when the best players have to be sold.

VB

It profits them nothing to disclose how much they get... besides, Genoa probably made them agree to that.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Brownsugar on April 20, 2012, 05:16:11 AM
Nice, nice.....
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Tenorsaw on April 20, 2012, 08:23:24 AM
Connection is the model for the other pro teams back home; they attract and invest in the youth and still manage to field a competitive product in the Pro League.  Yet, other teams back home keep looking for instant gratification by investing in spoiled, recycled players.  They refuse to invest in young players that they can develop and market abroad.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Mose on April 20, 2012, 10:51:18 AM
Connection is the model for the other pro teams back home; they attract and invest in the youth and still manage to field a competitive product in the Pro League.  Yet, other teams back home keep looking for instant gratification by investing in spoiled, recycled players.  They refuse to invest in young players that they can develop and market abroad.

Added to which, you can't run a team in the pro league by depending on gate receipts. And the profit that they make by selling players can be re-invested in the development of other players. Seems like a sound business model to me and hard to argue with given the team's success over the years.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Deeks on April 20, 2012, 10:55:28 AM
gate receipts ?????

Gate recepts in TT club football?
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Reggaefan on April 20, 2012, 11:05:54 AM
Hmm. Given the kid's age (17 yo), I imagine he'd probably be playing with the youth teams initially, then hopefully work his way up to reserves and then senior team. I know a local Jamaican club/academy based in Austria recently sold a couple teenage kids to clubs in France and germany for minimal transfer fees.
The good thing for these kids is that they get early exposure to professional setup.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: vb on April 20, 2012, 01:54:55 PM
Connection is the model for the other pro teams back home; they attract and invest in the youth and still manage to field a competitive product in the Pro League.  Yet, other teams back home keep looking for instant gratification by investing in spoiled, recycled players.  They refuse to invest in young players that they can develop and market abroad.

Added to which, you can't run a team in the pro league by depending on gate receipts. And the profit that they make by selling players can be re-invested in the development of other players. Seems like a sound business model to me and hard to argue with given the team's success over the years.


The truth is if you keep selling your best players you end up like the third div. teams in England always spinning your wheels becz your momentum is broken.

If we assume that WC got good sales from K. Jones and Pierre they can do more than invest in the youths they can also purchase Sr. players to fill the gap.

WC seem to have lost some momentum in 201/2011. They should have bigger aspirations thatn TT and should by now be looking to be a big fish in Concacaf. At the end of the day they are a team that plays a good brand, I hope the loss of Pierre won't do much to their CFU ambitions and beyond.

VB
Title: St.Lucian Zaine Pierre.
Post by: frico on June 18, 2012, 11:35:34 AM
Signed up with Italian club Genoa,the kid is 17.
Title: Re: St.Lucian Zaine Pierre.
Post by: FireBrand on June 18, 2012, 11:46:16 AM
Signed up with Italian club Genoa,the kid is 17.

Yuh late. http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=54459.msg802367#msg802367 (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=54459.msg802367#msg802367)
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: 100% Barataria on June 18, 2012, 11:59:07 AM
Congrats to this youth, well done
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerman on June 18, 2012, 10:11:47 PM
All the best solider :beermug: I forgot about this thread....now if we could get him to play for T&T through some loop hole
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: mukumsplau on June 19, 2012, 11:14:52 AM
most likely he'll be in the youth squad...then co-owned with a serie b team...young players are like currency in italy...two birds with one stone in sending out a player to grow in italian ball in serie b...then sending him out in a lower table or newly promoted serie a side (thats if he impresses)..hopefully the time period that this happens in is not too long..
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Andre on June 19, 2012, 12:02:03 PM
congrats youth! hope it work out.
Title: Zaine Pierre seizing his chance in Italy’s Serie C
Post by: Tallman on November 17, 2014, 11:30:43 AM
Zaine Pierre seizing his chance in Italy’s Serie C (http://www.stlucianewsonline.com/zaine-pierre-seizing-his-chance-in-italys-serie-c/)
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Flex on December 06, 2014, 04:01:04 AM
Genoa face FIFA sanctions over million dollar W Connection debt.
Wired868


Italian Serie A club, Genoa FC, could face disciplinary action after failing to meet a FIFA deadline with regards to a defaulted payment due to Trinidad and Tobago Pro League champion club, DIRECTV W Connection, over St Lucia international midfielder Zaine Pierre.

Pierre, who is now 21, joined Genoa in 2012 after two years with Connection where he played primarily with the youth team and made less than a handful of senior appearances. However, once the Italian outfit made the initial down payment for the St Lucian and acquired his international clearance, the club never completed his transfer fee.

On 21 April 2014, the FIFA Players Status Committee ruled on behalf of Connection and ordered Genoa to pay €125,000 (TT$985,600) plus five percent interest and costs for the legal proceedings by a deadline of 18 September 2014. Genoa was mandated to show proof of payment to FIFA.

Genoa allegedly failed to meet this deadline; and, as a result, the case is likely to be forwarded to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.

At present, Pierre, who reportedly had two major operations since his move to Italy, is on loan with Serie C outfit, SF Aversa Normanna. He has twice appeared on the substitutes’ bench for Genoa since his transfer to Italy but never played for his employer.

“I’m one who takes my job really seriously,” Pierre told the St Lucia News Online, in an interview last month. “Even when I’m not playing, I’m studying, in all ways you can think of. Being out of the game these two years made me angry, made me develop that hunger to prove something… “I just keep working as I always do… because the football is tough, really tough. It’s ‘Go hard or go home.’”

Connection is due an additional payment if Pierre appears in Serie A for Genoa.

Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Tiresais on December 28, 2014, 07:17:52 PM
Saw this story, sad state of affairs - anyone heard anything about it?
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: dreamer on December 28, 2014, 08:18:16 PM
Very important story to be told on legal victories for T&T football clubs.
Disappointing (but expected) that this kinds story attracts no attention from the Guardian, Express, Newsday & these other so called "mainstream" outlets. Good work by Lasana.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: weary1969 on December 29, 2014, 12:55:41 PM
Very important story to be told on legal victories for T&T football clubs.
Disappointing (but expected) that this kinds story attracts no attention from the Guardian, Express, Newsday & these other so called "mainstream" outlets. Good work by Lasana.

According 2 Sando it eh in 1 of them papers so he suspicious of Lasana.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Flex on February 08, 2015, 05:17:59 AM
FIFA threatens to relegate Genoa over Connection bill.
By Lasana Liburd (wired868).


World governing football body, FIFA, has threatened Italy Serie A club, Genoa, with a range of sanctions including relegation due to its supposed violation of article 64 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code over the alleged non-payment of costs ordered by the FIFA Players Status Committee on 21 April 2014.

Genoa was ordered to pay Trinidad and Tobago Pro League club DIRECTV W Connection €125,000 (TT$985,600) plus five percent interest per year and legal costs due to its failure to complete payment for 21-year-old St Lucia international Zane Pierre who joined the Italian club in 2012. The costs of legal proceedings were calculated as CHF 8,000 (TT$54,800) to FIFA and CHF 4,000 (TT$27,400) to Connection.

However, the club failed to provide proof of payment to FIFA by the deadline of 18 September 2014.

And, in a letter from FIFA Deputy Secretary to the Disciplinary Committee Gautier Aubert on 3 February 2015, Genoa was warned that failure to immediately pay its bill could mean “disciplinary sanctions (fine, deduction of points, relegation) may be imposed on the club.” The dispatch was sent to Genoa, Connection, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (sic) and the Italian Football Federation.

FIFA vowed to open a fresh investigation into Genoa’s conduct but promised to let the matter lie if the Italian team meets its financial obligations.

The world governing body has taken firm measures against wayward clubs before with its recent 14-month transfer window ban against Spanish giants, FC Barcelona, being its most famous recent example. Barcelona was ruled to have breached FIFA’s rules against signing international players under the age of 18.

Pierre spent two years with Connection where he played primarily with the youth team and made less than a handful of senior appearances before moving to Genoa at the age of 19. However, once the Italian outfit made the initial down payment for the St Lucian and acquired his international clearance, the club never completed his transfer fee.

At present, Pierre, who reportedly had two major operations since his move to Italy, is on loan with Serie C outfit, SF Aversa Normanna. He has twice appeared on the substitutes’ bench for Genoa since his transfer to Italy but never played for his employer.

Connection, whose most famous export is Cardiff City forward Kenwyne Jones, is due an additional payment if Pierre appears in Serie A for Genoa.

Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerrama on March 23, 2015, 08:55:04 AM
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/23/genoa-fifa-w-connection-zaine-pierre-st-lucia-football

Genoa face Fifa ire over non-payment to W Connection for Zaine Pierre
• St Lucia midfielder left Trinidad for Italy in 2011
• W Connection claim they are owed €125,000 plus interest
 
FIFA Executive Committee Meeting
Fifa, the world game's ruling body, have written to Genoa and given them a deadline of 2 April to make the payment W Connection are claiming.

Monday 23 March 2015 12.11 GMT Last modified on Monday 23 March 2015 12.16 GMT

The Italian club Genoa are facing potential Fifa sanction, which could extend from a fine to a points deduction or even relegation from Serie A, relating to their reluctance to fulfil a payment due to the Trinidadian side W Connection for Zaine Pierre’s transfer over three years ago.

Pierre, a St Lucia midfielder who had trials with Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Manchester City as a teenager, left Trinidad and Tobago for Genoa in November 2011 after two years spent primarily in the youth team at W Connection. The Italian club paid an initial €200,000 [£146,000] for the player, but agreed to meet a further fee of €150,000 when Pierre, who came highly rated, turned professional.

That amount, which was subsequently readjusted to €125,000 plus interest and costs, has been due since August 2012 with Fifa’s players status committee – for whom the former chairman of the FA and vice-president of Uefa and Fifa, Geoff Thompson, acted as a single judge – having ruled a year ago that Genoa should make the payment within 30 days. That deadline passed, with Fifa subsequently writing to the Italian football federation’s general secretary, Michele Uva, in September 2014 urging them to encourage Genoa to pay the money that was due and resolve the matter.

Genoa’s subsequent attempt at a compromise, involving a revised payment of €62,500, was rejected by W Connection with Fifa duly advising the Italian federation that disciplinary proceedings had been opened against the Serie A club over “a violation of article 64 of the Fifa disciplinary code”. The governing body has granted Genoa a final deadline of 2 April to make the final payments and if they are not forthcoming, the disciplinary committee will meet on 16 April to determine the level of sanction to be imposed.

Genoa are currently ninth in Serie A, sandwiched between Milan and Internazionale, and 16 points clear of Cagliari and Cesena in the relegation zone. Yet Fifa’s correspondence with Uva confirms that its disciplinary committee’s sanctions range from “a fine, deduction of points or relegation” over a player who has never represented the first-team and is currently on loan at the Serie C club, SF Aversa Normanna. Now 21, Pierre has suffered injury problems since his move to Italy but has now been capped four times by St Lucia.
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Sam on March 23, 2015, 09:03:31 AM
Good, its about time somebody do the same to W Connection as they do to their players.

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=64112.msg921987#msg921987

Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerrama on March 23, 2015, 09:14:55 AM
Good, its about time somebody do the same to W Connection as they do to their players.

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=64112.msg921987#msg921987



Anybody report Connection to FIFA yet, I wonder why? Don't all these players have contracts so if their contracts have been breached, don't they have recourse? Since you seem so concerned maybe you should rally those so affected and help them to file their complaints to FIFA. Actions do speak louder than words not so?
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Sam on March 24, 2015, 04:55:01 AM
Good, its about time somebody do the same to W Connection as they do to their players.

http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=64112.msg921987#msg921987



Anybody report Connection to FIFA yet, I wonder why? Don't all these players have contracts so if their contracts have been breached, don't they have recourse? Since you seem so concerned maybe you should rally those so affected and help them to file their complaints to FIFA. Actions do speak louder than words not so?

Yuh talking shit.

Man fraid top talk.

When you see Cyrus and Hector why yuh doh axe them.

Allyuh keep believing in St Lucian Connection.

John Williams is ah money hungry f00cking snake.

Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: soccerrama on April 11, 2015, 04:04:56 PM
Well I guess whatever potion John Williams & Fevrier give Hector it really strong & effective because despite all the talk about how John Williams tief his transfer money etc he still want to play for & train with W Connection as per Lasana's interview with him...hmmm ;D

http://wired868.com/2015/04/11/injury-rules-hector-out-of-gold-cup-warrior-targets-2018-wcup-return/


However, as the Vietnam league ends in September and does not restart until January 2016, Hector would not have played competitive football for eight months when the Warriors start their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign in November at the penultimate group phase.

He hopes Hanoi T&T agree to loan him back to W Connection but is not certain it would happen.

“We will try our best to see if they will accept me going on loan with Connection because the (Vietnam) season finishes on September 15 (which might be after the local transfer window closes),” said Hector. “I will be (training) with Connection for sure.

Hector hopes to play professionally in Europe or the United States’ MLS before he retires but accepts that his advanced age makes this unlikely. Connection remain close to his heart and he expects to return to the “Savonetta Boys” at some point. But he hopes his final club will be one that is even closer to home.

“For my last days, I want to play for my boyhood club which is (Point Fortin) Civic Centre,” said Hector. “I always have that in mind. If I don’t go anywhere else, I think Civic might be the last team I will play with.”
Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: Flex on April 02, 2016, 03:50:18 PM
Zaine Pierre back with W Connection.

Title: Re: W Connection’s Zaine Pierre set for Genoa trial
Post by: asylumseeker on April 02, 2016, 06:32:17 PM
Zaine Pierre back with W Connection.

Why?
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