The news that Benni McCarthy had officially joined Manchester United was confirmed on Saturday night.
McCarthy will join Erik ten Hag’s back room staff at the Red Devils as a first team coach.
Earlier in the day Twitter went into a frenzy when well-known sports broadcaster Robert Marawa tweeted McCarthy would be joining the club he support all his life.
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The former Bafana Bafana striker will specialise in coaching attacking plays and positioning at the Red Devils.
McCarthy famously knocked United out of the 2004 Champions League semi-final when he scored two goals during his time by a Porto coached by Jose Mourinho at the time.
That team went on to win the title making McCarthy the only South African to lift the Uefa Champions League.
He was one of the country’s greatest exports to the Premier League where he played for Blackburn Rovers and West Ham.
