Benni McCarthy Released Shabba to Promote Younger Players!

Benni McCarthy Released Shabba to Promote Younger Players! Siphiwe Tshabalala has been released by KZN outfit AmaZulu.

Benni McCarthy motivated this decision by the need to field younger players. Shabba spent only one season with the club.

The 36-year-old winger joined AmaZulu at the beginning of the previous season. He signed a one-year contract with the option to extend the deal.

The option has not been exercised. Tshabalala only played on one league game in the DSTV Premiership the whole season.

It was the last game of the season against Maritzburg United. He was influential and won the man of the match for his performance in the match.

However, it was not enough to keep him at the club.

“It’s football, my friend. Life happened,” TimesLIVE reported.

“I got a group of young talented players who won’t come through if we keep holding onto the senior players.

“I think ‘Shabba’ has been a fantastic player to have, and he’s given the knowledge he had. He passed it to the team, and he might feel that he could still give more, and I definitely think so.

“But for me, the way the game has evolved and how fast the game is now, you see these young boys, they run for fun.

“It’s about speed and the way we play. We play a very high pressing game and I like my front men to work really hard.

“If you don’t have that then you’ll find yourself struggling to get into the team. I think at times the pace of the game was ahead of us because Shabba is from my generation.” He stressed

Usuthu plays Cape Town City in the MTN 8 on Sunday. Benni McCarthy Released Shabba to Promote Younger Players!