We recently reported that South African striker Benny McCarthy was training with Ajax Cape Town in an effort to win a contract with a European club. It seems he was offered a lucrative deal by Ajax, but has opted to take the one made by Soweto outfit and PSL champions Orlando Pirates.
Whether he used Ajax for the purpose of signing to Pirates is neither here nor there, since he had already expressed a desire to play for another club anyway. His main goals are to regain fitness and force his way back into Bafana Bafana coach Pitso Motsimane's plans.
The real winner here, though, is the PSL. McCarthy has a wealth of top flight European experience, and at 33 he can still do a job, provided he gets his fitness under control. That Orlando managed to convince the well-traveled striker to sign on the dotted line for them is a major coup and should raise their profile as a force in African football at the local and continental level.
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