Benni McCarthy has entered the big time! The former Bafana Bafana international has joined Manchester United as a striker’s coach.
The news was broken by Mzansi’s leading sports journalist Robert Marawa on Twitter early on Saturday.
🔴 BREAKING NEWS 🔴
Benni McCarthy signs for Manchester United as the First Team Strikers Coach!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/hsTTi3CUJy
— robertmarawa (@robertmarawa) July 30, 2022
The former FC Porto, West Ham, and Blackburn Rovers striker gets this massive gig after missing out on the coaching seat at Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
COACHING CAREER
Having starting his coaching career in 2017 with Cape Town City, the Manneburg-born McCarthy moved to AmaZulu before taking Usuthu to the CAF Champions League in 2021.
His coaching accolades include the MTN8 with City as well as the PSL Coach of the Season gong in 2020/21 with AmaZulu.