Benni McCarthy opens up about his 'drug lord' friend

Bafana Bafana all time leading goalscorer Benni McCarthy, who was this week robbed at gunpoint in Johannesburg, has revealed that one of his best friends’ has turned into a gangster.

"It's true. He was my mate and in my class at school. He was bullied as a kid because he was small, quiet and a good-looking boy. I was the school's soccer star and he hung out with me a bit to be on the safe side,” recalled the former Porto star in an exclusive interview with Four Four Two magazine.

"At grade six he grew quickly and he wasn't small anymore. He started hanging out with the wrong crowd and became an infamous drug lord.”

In a recent trip to visit his friend Gavin, McCarthy said: “I went to see Gavin on my next trip to Cape Town. I was earning massive money but I couldn't afford the house that Gavin lived in,” added McCarthy.

"It was like something out of a movie: a mansion with Rottweilers and bodyguards holding guns.”