"I Had Nothing on Him" – Benni McCarthy's Shocking Confession About Lost SA Genius

Benni McCarthy, the country's only UEFA Champions League winner and Bafana Bafana's all-time leading goal scorer, has doubled down on his 2022 declaration that Anthony Christian, better known as Money Eyes, was the biggest waste of talent he'd ever witnessed.

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Speaking to Soccer Laduma, McCarthy clarified the devastating assessment while comparing the Newclare-born playmaker to Diego Maradona himself.

"If I can put the record straight, not wasted talent. I think it was our environment that swallowed him in. The longer you are in that environment, everything else, there's no way out. If everyone around you drinks alcohol, if everyone around you takes drugs, if everyone around you abuses substances like it's no tomorrow, and you're trying to be focused and do your craft, I think it becomes so impossible," McCarthy explained.

The former Porto and Blackburn Rovers striker didn't hold back when measuring Christian's ability against his own peak powers.

"I had nothing on money eyes, nothing, even at my best, how I was, I was a mere shadow of how good this kid was."

McCarthy, who has faced Ronaldinho, Zinedine Zidane and Serie A's finest, insists Christian belonged in that rarefied company. The pair played together at under-17 level, where Christian's brilliance left teammates mesmerised.

"I genuinely think he would have probably been closer to Diego Maradona. If he had was given that opportunity, because he was next level, next level for me, at least."