McCarthy: I want to go toe-to-toe with Chiefs‚ Sundowns and Pirates

McCarthy plans to compete with the big three teams in the PSL and take the club to new heights.

The 40-year-old stated the club took a gamble by employing him.

“I’m overwhelmed by the reception and the media turnout‚” McCarthy told a packed press conference at a city hotel.

“I’m grateful and appreciative for the chance, and I have to thank both the chairman and the club that they have shown this faith in me and that they think I’m the right guy to achieve.

“I hope I can replay their faith by working hard‚” he told a packed press conference at a city hotel.

“It is my first job, and Cape Town City is gambling on me.

“But I know what I have to do to achieve and succeed, and hopefully I’ll prove that my appointment is a good one.

“I’ve set targets for myself and the club.

“Cape Town City finishing third in the league last season was incredible, but I hope that the players want to go a step better.

“Now we can even go up one more … maybe second or even challenge for the league.

“I think I taking over an ambitious group of guys.

“I want to go toe-to-toe with Chiefs‚ Sundowns and Pirates‚ team that are really comfortable on the ball. But sometimes we will have to win ugly too.”