With his time at Manchester United drawing to a close, forward coach Benni McCarthy has heaped praise on Burnley's Lyle Foster, revealing that he would fit in the Red Devils' system like a glove!
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The Siya crew reported this week that United have made the decision not to renew McCarthy's contract after two years at Old Trafford as the winds of change begin to sweep in at the club.
But it appears South Africa's all-time top goal scorer is doing some scouting as a parting shot, revealing that his countryman Lyle Foster would be the ideal fit for Erik Ten Haag's side after giving them a torrid time when the two clubs met last season.
Benni was speaking on Foster's much-publicised mental health issues, when the matter arose.
"I see Lyle quite a quite a bit when we're here because we don't stay too far from each other and we sit and all Lyle wants to do is become the all-time top goal scorer for South Africa to break my record. And that and we talk about that and I encourage him to do so, McCarthy told Robert Marawa on 94.7.
"But yeah, it will be difficult because now he's got that hanging over his head that he didn't go because of mental issues, not because he didn't want to go and play. Of course he wanted to go but he was advised by doctors, by the club, by everyone. So yeah, you have to follow protocol and that's what the decision that was made and that didn't sit well with South Africa.
"But yeah, you know, people have to forgive because we've got a we've got a young man there that's at the top of his game and believe you me, when we when we drew against Burnley, I was rubbing my eyes out because I thought Lyle was that good that he would fit like a glove in our team in that Man United team. His movement was unbelievable. [Harry] McGuire, they couldn't deal with Lyle because of his movement.
"He's quick and he's a player that will benefit playing in that national team from South Africa. So yes, we have to forgive him. We have to forgive him because it wasn't by. It wasn't by choice. He didn't want to not play for the country he was suffering, he was going through illness and mental health is a massive illness. We see it every day. We deal with it every day. We are taught, we are told when you play, when you work at teams like Man United, you gotta look out for these kind of signs. So yeah, you get them everywhere, you know. So we have to move on. We have to forgive and forget. And Lyle is a top, top, top class player and he would lead that lines for the national team. Unbelievably, because he's quick, he's got, he's got unbelievable first touch," McCarthy added.
McCarthy has revealed he would be open to taking up the vacant Kaizer Chiefs job if the opportunity were to arise.
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