Benni McCarthy believes Mamelodi Sundowns duo Ronwen Williams and Teboho Mokoena have what it takes to play for a top club in Europe.
Mokoena, 27, and Williams, 32, both have long-term contracts with Masandawana and have been among the club’s key performers over the last few seasons.
There have been some eyebrows raised after Manqoba Mngqithi opted to not field Mokoena in recent matches, while Williams wrote headlines for becoming the first goalkeeper based in Africa to be nominated for the Yashin Trophy at the Ballon d’Or awards.
McCarthy, who is the only South African to win the UEFA Champions League and recently worked as Striker’s Coach at Manchester United, believes the two Bafana and Sundowns stars could succeed at a UCL club.
“Ronwen Williams, for starters,” he told SuperSport.
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“I player that I like a lot, Teboho Mokoena from Sundowns. He’s also a player that got the attributes, ability to play in Europe, not in the [lower leagues], but in the Champions League.
“He’s got the potential, he’s got the ability to play at that level.
“I can name names but I don’t players to get ahead of themselves when you start naming names.
“The reason why I name Mokoena and Ronwen, because they’ve been consistent. Teboho, I remember at SuperSport, I said we’ve got a gem here and he’s just gone up, up, up.
“Now he’s at the pinnacle at Sundowns. They have been consistent performers and that’s what you need to succeed, to get to Europe.
“If they going to get there I don’t know. I’m not their coaches, their clubs. Clubs maybe don’t want to let go of their best assets, which is maybe rightfully so.
“There are more players out there, way more South African players where I’ve seen the ability, they can play in Europe, but when you see this interview you’re going to make sure you’re one of those players that I’m talking about.”
