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Benni a Buccaneer

Johannesburg - Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza has confirmed that veteran striker Benni McCarthy has signed a two-year contract with the Absa Premiership giants.

McCarthy had been without a club since April after newly relegated English outfit West Ham United paid him a fee to cut his contract short.

McCarthy had been linked in the media to possible offers from other South African clubs, including Ajax Cape Town.

Khoza, however, confirmed at a media conference in Houghton on Tuesday that the Bafana Bafana record goal scorer had agreed on a deal with the Buccaneers.

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