Man Utd coach Benni McCarthy, 45, joins new football team as a PLAYER ten years after retiring
BENNI MCCARTHY is back playing football a decade after retiring from being a professional.
The current Manchester United coach is returning to competitive football after joining an indoor side.
McCarthy, 45, retired from football in 2013 after a two-year spell with South African outlet, Orlando Pirates.
He is a cult hero in the Premier League for his prolific spell at Blackburn which saw him score 37 goals in 109 league appearances.
The striker also starred for Ajax and Porto in his career as he won the Eredivisie title in Holland and the Primeira Liga in Portugal.
He also lifted the Champions League title in 2004, under the guidance of future Chelsea and United manager Jose Mourinho.
And now he is ready to lace his boots back up and try rediscover his scoring touch.
He told the Idiski Times: “I’m on my way to go play indoor football.
“Me and the analysts, the club analysts and the medical staff, we’ve entered a league, an indoor football league.
“I think it’s a mix [of abilities], there are some of them who played pro or semi-pro, like at Preston or West Brom, so they can play but there are just analysts as well and medical guys.
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“It’s a decent level but not pro level. And I think the league we’ve entered is a little bit like that.
“There’s a decent level but it’s not like: ‘Oh my goodness gracious, they’re playing for contracts here!’.
“I don’t know [if I would intimidate the opponents], but that’s what they were saying: ‘You’re like the big attraction’, so we will find out now.”
McCarthy also played for West Ham in the Premier League, however, his spell at Upton Park was less successful.
He only featured 14 times in all competitions without scoring before his contract was terminated by mutual consent in 2011.
He is currently working his “dream” job at United having supported the club since his youth.