Former local manager of Christian Atsu, Abdul Hayye Yartey, has disclosed that the late footballer generously gave his first FC Porto salary of 800 million to a church in Ghana.
Atsu, who tragically died due to the Turkey earthquakes, was a part of FC Porto’s youth team after joining from Yartey’s Cheetah FC in 2009.
According to Yartey, Atsu was a devoted Christian who continuously encouraged his teammates to attend church with him.
When Atsu succeeded in the trials and began playing for Porto, he started earning a monthly salary of 800 euros.
Yartey was ecstatic when he received the same amount of money through Western Union from Atsu, believing it to be a gift. However, Atsu had instructed Yartey to donate the funds to the church instead.
“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.”
