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Christian Atsu's former local manager, Abdul Hayye Yartey, has revealed the late footballer donated his first FC Porto salary of 800 hundred euros to a church in Ghana.
In 2009, Atsu joined the youth team of Portuguese giants FC Porto after being scouted from Yartey's Cheetah FC.
Yartey said, Atsu, who died at 31 years, was devoted to his religion and always tried to convince other mates to join him at the church.
"When Christian went to Porto and succeeded in the trials, Porto went on to pay him 800 euros a month," Yartey explained in an interview with TV3.
"So I received 800 euros through Western Union from Christian and I was so happy thinking he had sent me money, but his call followed up.
"He said the 800 euros he had sent was equivalent to x amount of Ghana cedis, which he ordered me to give to the church."
Tributes have been pouring in from all walks of life in solidarity with his family. The family has set March 4 for his one week observation.
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