Manchester United first team coach Benni McCarthy says he wants to test himself as head coach against his former peers like Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard at the highest level.
McCarthy, 46, is currently living his dream, working at Manchester United – the club he supported growing up.
He works as part of Erik ten Hag’s technical team and has received a lot of laurels since taking on the job at the beginning of last season.
However, there might soon come a time where the Bafana Bafana all-time record goalscorer wants to be on the sidelines himself again.
In a recent interview with iDiski Times‘ Rob Delport, he revealed that he wants to measure himself as a coach against some of the legends of his generation, who are also making a name for themselves on the sidelines.
“That is a dream too, to one day you get to a stage where you are up against your former peers that you used to play against now,”
“Because it’s Robin van Persie that’s starting to be a manager. Xabi Alonso is already flying where he’s coaching at Bayer Leverkusen.
“Steven Gerrard is doing his thing in Saudi, and then you’ve got Frank Lampard, obviously, he’s been not so successful, but he’s also managing, you’ve got Wayne Rooney, so it’s that generation, my generation, that’s the next coaches for the next 10, 15 years, until the generation after us will come and take over from us, you know? So this is now the stage for us to flourish.
“Yes, of course, that is my hope that I get the opportunity, then I get the opportunity to manage again, my team against a Xabi Alonso team or a Steven Gerrard, and the likes and so forth.”
