Benni McCarthy makes massive claim about his former clubs

Ever thought about why Benni McCarthy left the likes of Cape Town City FC and AmZulu? Find out what he believes were the reasons.

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BENNI MCCARTHY BELIEVES HIS OWN SUCCESS MADE HIM A VICTIM

After making his name at Cape Town City and later at AmaZulu, Benni McCarthy says that both clubs sacked him for becoming too successful.

“I was sad because I was sad from disappointment because I didn’t expect when you have the kind of success that I had with the clubs that I’ve worked with, for them to then take the route of making you unemployed and firing you because they couldn’t deal with the success you were bringing to the clubs,” McCarthy told iDiski Times.

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“But also they couldn’t deal with the popularity that was growing, what my name meant to our people. So they couldn’t deal with that. And then they felt the best way is to get someone that’s not as big as I was. And yeah, that makes me sad.

“Because I couldn’t understand what direction South Africa is going, when you have success, and you get fired for being successful, or doing what not many coaches in their career have done. So that was what I couldn’t stomach. And that made me sad when you called me. But I wasn’t sad because of them…”

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“So that made me a bit like, ‘Wow, okay’. So you must be rather mediocre, or have done nothing in your career as a player, or as an ex-player, or now as a manager.

“That’s what they rather want, to associate themselves with mediocracy, instead of someone that wants to make the club, and put them on the level where they’ve never been before.

– Benni McCarthy on his former employers.

“So yeah, so then clearly they weren’t for me. You know they did me the greatest favours. Because if you look where I am now, a few years down the line, from managing Cape Town City and AmaZulu, at that time, I would have never thought this would even be a possibility,” he added.

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