United Petrotrin will have to do without their inform striker Peter Prosper for the rest of the season, after he left Trinidad last Thursday to pick up a one year contract with Lebanese First Division club Al Mabarah FC.
Prosper’s premature exit from the Pro League club to join Al Mabarah in time for their 07/08 pre-season is already proving to be a crucial loss to Coach Brian Williams, as his team failed to find the back of the net against Caledonia and lost 0-1.
Following his teams’ loss on the weekend, Williams told ‘ttproleague.com’ Prosper would certainly be missed.
“He(Prosper) is a great forward. He has done so much for us in the little time that he has been with us this season. He is no longer with us now and that’s a loss, but we would continue to try and find someone who can replace him,” said the Petrotrin Coach.
Prosper who donned Jabloteh’s colours last season helped the Oilmen scoring four goals in his short stay after joining the club back in June when he returned to Trinidad after serving a two month contract with Al Mabarah FC.
The former Trinidad and Tobago international is looking to end his lengthy career with the Lebanese club.
Prior to his departure Prosper told ‘ttproleague.com’, “I am going back out to Lebanon and I am going to end it there. The manager of the club has always been in contact with me and he wants me to return to the club,” explained the former San Juan Jabloteh player.
Prosper who had previously spent seven years before in Lebanon with First Division club Al Ansar between 1997 and 2004 says there may be the possibility of him playing longer than his one-year contract with the Lebanese club.
He went on to add, “The manager of the team(Al Mabarah FC) wanted me to sign a two year contract with the club, but I have to take it one step at a time. I am turning 37 very soon, so I would only agree on one year and see how it goes before signing another. My time is coming to and end as a player.”
Al Mabarah is coached by former T&T international David Nakid who was responsible for Prosper’s Lebanese contract.
Prosper who represented T&T both at the U-23 and senior levels helped Al Mabarah climb from sixth position to third in the League within the two months he played at the club earlier this year.
The former T&T international is considering getting into coaching locally after his playing days comes to an end.
“What’s next for me?” he said in deliberation, “I’m thinking of getting into coaching afterwards. Football is what I have always been exposed to and I think that I have learned a lot. It’s now up to me to pass on what I have learned to the younger ones,” he concluded.
Al Mabarah without the services of Peter Prosper were knocked out in the semifinals of the Lebanese FA Cup back in June. They lost 3-2 against his former club Al Ansar FC.