Benni McCarthy is reportedly set to be appointed as head coach of the Kenya national team.
The former Cape Town City and AmaZulu mentor has been without a job since parting ways with Manchester United, where he worked as a striker coach.
While he recently expressed a desire to take up a post in Major League Soccer, recent reporting suggests McCarthy could be heading to the 108-ranked side.
The Harambee Stars are without a coach following Engin Firat’s resignation earlier this month after their failure to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
When asked if he was keen on a return to South African football recently, McCarthy revealed, on FARPost: “My mindset is elsewhere.
“But I’m not closing any doors to coming back home or anywhere else in Africa.
“But my ambitions are extremely high. The MLS, the Premier League, La Liga, the Portuguese League, that’s where I’m looking to go next.”
If McCarthy does take the post, he could face a number of difficulties, as outlined by Firat after their AFCON campaign.
“In Kenya, it’s only what we want. By giving what? In three years, we have never played a match at home [in Kenya]; show me another nation that has gone through that. “We have no fans, nothing, we have no support. We don’t even have a training field in Kenya. Show me one training field,” he said.
“As long as we don’t solve these problems, what would you want to do? Do we change something, federation change? Coach change? What will change at the end? Nothing. There is no reason why the national team did not qualify for the last two AFCONs.”
Kenya will want to get their house in order prior to 2027 when they will be joint AFCON hosts alongside Uganda and Tanzania.