Benni MCarthy's agent Rob Moore slammed reports that AmaZulu coach's dismissal was based on results as suggested by the club.
Usuthu also bowed out of their CAF Champions League last week. “Benni has become a victim of his own success, he pulled this team up from a relegation fight and led them to second on the league with just one addition to the squad, a player that came on loan from Cape Town City.” "Benni has voiced out his frustration over the course of two windows about his desire to bring in new players, because he felt the squad wasn't fitting to the ambitions of the owners," Moore said.
DStv Premiership outfit AmaZulu shocked the South African football fraternity on Friday by mutually parting ways with head coach Benni McCarthy.
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Following his departure from AmaZulu, coach Benni McCarthy is believed to be on the radar of a Soweto giant. AmaZulu confirmed on Friday that they have ...
It now remains to be seen if they do. The Naturena-based outfit has had a difficult season with current head coach Stuart Baxter, who returned to the club for a second spell. Despite the Soweto giants sitting third on the Premiership standings, supporters of the club have called for a change on the bench and Chiefs are expected to make a call on the coach’s future at the end of the campaign.
Benni McCarthy: AmaZulu have relieved the Bafana Bafana legend of his duties.
"If we as a club want to move to the next level then we have to bring in players of a higher calibre than what we have right now.” "If the club wants us to compete then we have to look at our transfer policy,” he told journalists, as per IOL, after the club’s Champions League elimination at the hands of Raja Casablanca. Relations between the former FC Porto striker and the AmaZulu management have grown strained in recent weeks, with McCarthy making no secret of some of the difficulties he’s faced in the post.
Benni McCarthy's shock sacking as AmaZulu coach may set in motion a coaching merry-go-round among DStv Premierships teams.
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AmaZulu FC president Sandile Zungu has confirmed coach Benni McCarthy has left the club and an interim coach will be announced soon.
His mission will be to save the club from relegation. Zungu said it’s only McCarthy who has left the club in the technical team and an interim coach will take over until the end of the season. “Benni did a fantastic job from the time he came into the team.