Erik ten Hag has praised Benni McCarthy's impact during his first few months at Manchester United. The 45-year-old former forward arrived at United last July and quickly became a key part of Ten Hag’s coaching staff.
McCarthy has been tasked with working closely with United's attacking players, not only with regard to specialist shooting training, but also on their unity as a group of players. The results have been clear to see, with Marcus Rashford in particular having been a huge success in front of goal since the South African arrived.
In a recent Q&A with fans, United manager Ten Hag revealed what he has made of McCarthy's time at the club so far.
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“In our coaching staff, we had a lot of defenders and midfield players," Ten Hag said.
"I wanted also to find a good balance. He is offensive [minded] as he is a former striker and that is also a really specific job task in the team. I never played there, so I’m [always] lucky to have someone in my staff who played there.
"Football is about scoring and you have a goalkeeping specialist, but you also have offensive specialists and in particular we have a specific scoring trainer. He has to add that, in details, working and for the rest of us he has a relationship to all the players in our squad. He also has to work on the togetherness and he is doing a great job on that.”
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