South African football legend and Manchester United Striker coach, Benni McCarthy took a trip down memory lane to look back on the time he worked with Jose Mourinho at FC Porto.
The former Bafana Bafana gunman played for Mourinho while on loan at Porto before he was signed on a permanent deal in 2003 from Celta Vigo. "Mourinho said that now he has the final piece of the puzzle, that's been missing. He's got the player that he wanted and because of of this, the team is complete and FC Porto will win the Champions League. My heart literally sank, I looked at him in the interview room to say; 'Is he crazy or what?'" recounts McCarthy, who scored eight Champions League goals in his career.
'This young guy replaced him and said: 'Benni, I know of you and I have watched you. I think you are a fantastic player and I want you to be my guy.' Then Jose Mourinho proceeded to tell me all about me. He knew everything; he'd watched my games at Celta.
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