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Isihlabani se-Manchester United uBruno Fernandes udalule indlela ahlabeke umxhwele ngayo ngomqeqeshi wakuleli uBenni McCarthy.
Lo mdlali wasesiswini wase-Portugal ukhulume ngokusebenza ngaphansi kukaMcCarthy ngemuva kokuthi i-Manchester United iqophe ukuwina kwayo kokuqala kwi-Premier League kule sizini ngoMsombuluko ebusuku ihlula izimbangi zayo ezinkulu i-Liverpool.
Umshayimagoli ovelele weBafana Bafana uqokwe njengomqeqeshi we-Manchester United kusasele usuku kuqale isizini entsha ye-Premier League.
Amava akhe njengomshayimagoli ovelele kuleli aseqalile ukubonakala e-Old Trafford kanti uFernandes akakwazanga ukulinda ukuzishaya isifuba ngaye.
UFernandes uthe wayembukela eduze uMcCarthy ngesikhathi esadlalela i-FC Porto ngasekuqaleni kwango-2000.
“Njengomdlali osemncane ngambona e-Portugal edlalela i-Porto eshaya amagoli kanti lokho kwakujabulisa ukumbukela,” kusho lo mdlali wasesiswini etshela i-SuperSport.
UMphathi we-Manchester United u-Erik ten Hag ufake uMcCarthy eqenjini lokuqala lapho agxile khona ekubekeni umdlali endaweni kanye nezici zokuba umdlali ohlaselayo.
“Ubesezingeni eliphezulu njengomdlali futhi usezingeni eliphezulu njengomqeqeshi. Senza ukuhlola okuningi, kusukela ekugcineni kuye kulabo abashaya ngekhanda nokuyinto ayeyenza kahle kakhulu ngesikhathi esadlala. Ngiyethemba ukuthi engasisiza ukuthi sishaye amagoli,” kusho uFernandes.
“Ungumuntu ohlekisayo ngempela – uhlezi enethemba. Uletha amandla egumbini lokugqokela kanye nasezinkundleni zokuzilolonga.”
Ngo-2004 uMcCarthy wasiza i-Porto ukuthi iwine isicoco sayo sokuqala se-Uefa Champions League ngaphansi komqeqeshi uJose Mountain.
UFernandes wengeze ngokuthi ukuba khona kukaMcCarthy kuzoba kuhle kubangane bakhe abaningi kanye nomndeni oweseka i-Porto.
Uthe bengeza e-Manchester bezombona bese bethatha isithombe naye.
UMcCarthy neqembu lonke le-United bazovakashela enkundleni yezemidlalo iSt Mary’s ngoMgqibelo lapho abazotholana phezulu ne-Southampton.
I-Manchester United izobe inethemba lokuqhubeka lapho igcine khona ngesikhathi ibhekene ne-Liverpool nokuthi iqoqe amaphuzu okuqala ekuhambeni.
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