On Saturday, Bafana Bafana record goalscorer Benni McCarthy was announced as a new member of the Manchester United backroom staff after being appointed as a first-team coach by the Premier League giants.
The 44-year-old, who previously held head coach roles in South Africa with Cape Town City and AmaZulu, is set to work under head coach Erik ten Hag who roped the former striker in as an attacking coach.
"There was still one place in our coaching staff that I wanted to fill," Ten Hag told MUTV. "Someone with a different voice and Benni is that one. He has experience as a manager. He was a coach at the professional level and he was a former striker, a really successful striker as well."
"He will focus on the positioning and attacking. I'm not saying only the strikers, but also the integration from the full-backs and midfielders. Our way of play has to be dynamic."
McCarthy spent six years in the Premier League during his playing career where he scored 37 goals in 120 appearances across spells with Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United, ending second in the goalscoring charts during the 2006/07 season.
