London West Ham officially announced the acquisition of striker Blackburn and South Africa national team, Benny McCarthy. The amount of the transaction is kept secret.
Recall that the rumors of a possible transition of 32-year-old yuzhnoafikantsa at Villa Park appeared immediately after the West Ham have found new owners in the person of David Sullivan and David Gold. Businessmen coach Gianfranco Zola promised to get until the transfer window closed two of the attackers.
Her career in Europe, McCarthy began to Celta Vigo and then moved to FC Porto, Jose Mourinho. In their first 11 games for the Portuguese club he scored 12 goals, and in the 2001/02 season, won the Golden Boot domestic championship. In the 2003/04 season, in which Benny scored 20 goals in 23 games, he won the Champions League.
In July 2006, McCarthy was bought by Blackburn for about 2.5 million pounds. In 109 matches for “Rovers’ striker scored 37 goals. Also, Benny is the best scorer of the team South Africa in its history – 32 goals in 77 matches. Footballer already has a talent and experience of participation in two World Championships (1998 and 2002), and coming in the summer to take part in the third, which will be held in his homeland.
“I am pleased and very happy. This is a great club. I’m glad, because it’s finally happened. 5 years ago I thought that going to West Ham, but then FC Porto suddenly withdrawn from the deal. I was very disappointed” .
“I would like very much to West Ham was my first club in the Premiership, but instead I had to move to Blackburn Rovers.” Fortunately, West Ham continued to be interested in me and finally I was here, “– McCarthy said in an interview to the official web site “Hammers.”