Benni McCarthy presented his daughter with a special gift for her birthday. Photo: Instagram
PICS: Benni McCarthy’s daughter receives epic birthday gift
Benni McCarthy’s daughter will be the envy of many Manchester United fans after receiving an extra special birthday gift.
Benni McCarthy presented his daughter with a special gift for her birthday. Photo: Instagram
Benni McCarthy has quickly become a highly popular figure at Manchester United after taking up a high-profile coaching gig with the English giants prior to the 2022-23 season.
Taking to Instagram recently, Benni has shared a special birthday to his 11-year-old daughter Lima, who proudly displayed a special gift that appeared to have been arranged by her dad.
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Holding up the No 25 jersey of Red Devils star Jadon Sancho, the gift to Benni’s daughter had a special handwritten message on the back which was signed by the attacking winger: “Happy birthday Lima. I hope you have a lovely and wonderful day!”
In the post shared by McCarthy, he wrote: “Happy 11th Birthday my princess 💗 hope you have the most amazing day filled with love!”
By all accounts, McCarthy has become both a fan and player favourite after it was officially confirmed during the pre-season that manager Erik ten Hag had added to his backroom team with the appointment of the South African soccer legend.
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When he was back in South Africa, his coaching highlights included leading Cape Town City to the MTN8 title in his second season, while he also guided AmaZulu to a highest-ever second-place finish in the DStv Premiership.
However, he was hastily released from both clubs when things didn’t always go as well.
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In an exclusive interview in Edition 101 of iDiski Times, McCarthy has now opened up on his previous coaching stints and the disappointment he felt by the manner in which he was let go.
“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.
“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.”
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When McCarthy was fired from his former teams in SA, he said it felt like it was as a result of his ambition and success he wanted to bring to the clubs.
“So that made me a bit like, ‘Wow, okay’. So you must rather be 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.”
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