It has been revealed that Ade Yussuf left his job at Japanes restaurant, Wagamama, to sign for Dagenham on a one-year contract worth £250-a-week.

The 20-year-old was earning up to £400-a-week from his shifts at the restaurant in Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, but opted out to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional footballer.

“To be a professional footballer, I’d give anything,” he explained. “It doesn’t matter about money right now because I’m trying to develop myself as a player and my career.