Na­tion­al goal­keep­er, Mar­vin Phillip is ex­pect­ed to com­plete a move to Dig­i­cel Pro League club, bmo­bile Joe Pub­lic on a year long loan deal from Caribbean Foot­ball Union Club cham­pi­on, W Con­nec­tion next week. This was con­firmed both by Joe Pub­lic's coach, Derek King when con­tact­ed by tele­phone yes­ter­day and W Con­nec­tion own­er, David John-Williams. The sign­ing of 24-year-old Phillip, who is ex­pect­ed to be the first choice goal­keep­er, comes fol­low­ing the de­par­ture of Colom­bian cus­to­di­an Ale­jan­dro Fiogueroa to third year pro­fes­sion­al club, Ma Pau last month.

The "East­ern Li­ons" who al­ready have Un­der-23 goal­keep­er An­dre Marchan on their ros­ter is al­so set to be close to sign­ing fel­low Un­der-23 goal­keep­er Glen­roy Samuel, who's club Unit­ed Petrotrin opt­ed out of the 2010 sea­son on Fri­day be­cause of fi­nan­cial prob­lems. With the de­par­ture of Phillip, W Con­nec­tion will re­ly on fel­low na­tion­al goal­keep­er, Jan-Michael Williams and Colom­bia Miguel Lloyd.

Phillip is the fifth sign­ing of the off-sea­son for the "East­ern Li­ons" who have al­so se­cured the ser­vices of an­oth­er ex-W Con­nec­tion play­er, strik­er An­dre Tou­s­saint, Nigel Daniel (Unit­ed Petrotrin) and the ex-Cale­do­nia AIA of Mor­vant/Laven­tille pair, Charles Pol­lard of Guyana and Mar­cus "School­boy" Am­brose. Al­so back at the club af­ter a brief stint with the pro­fes­sion­al team is na­tion­al Un­der-20 strik­er Mar­cus Joseph, who had re­turned to school to com­pete for Ves­signy in the Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League last Oc­to­ber. King not­ed that the club was still in the process of fi­nal­is­ing the ad­di­tion of a few play­ers pos­si­bly from the USA, Sin­ga­pore and a few young promis­ing lo­cal tal­ent.