{"id":575780,"date":"2026-04-10T11:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575780\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:14:09","slug":"ksi-influencer-not-planning-to-manage-dagenham-redbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/575780\/","title":{"rendered":"KSI: Influencer not planning to manage Dagenham & Redbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

“No, I’ll stick to Baller League!”<\/p>\n

That was the emphatic response from influencer KSI when asked if fans might see him in the dugout at Dagenham & Redbridge.<\/p>\n

The YouTuber, former professional boxer, music artist and all-round entrepreneur recently purchased a minority stake<\/a> in the London-based National League South club.<\/p>\n

His arrival has brought a wave of attention to the sixth-tier side and has coincided with striker Andy Carroll becoming a shareholder, before taking over as caretaker manager<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n

And KSI, who coaches a team in six-a-side indoor Baller League, says he has no intention of taking over from the former England striker on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n

Instead, the 32-year-old plans to use his influence to help grow the club’s profile and following, and hopes to one day help them get to the Premier League, whether it takes “five, 10, 15 or 20 years”.<\/p>\n

“I’d like to do my own journey. I want to do things my way and I was born and bred through social media,” he told BBC London Sport.<\/p>\n

“I feel like my expertise in social media will help Dagenham & Redbridge be a worldwide club. <\/p>\n

“I’m not focusing on just England, I’m focusing on the world. I want the world to know about the Daggers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“No, I’ll stick to Baller League!” That was the emphatic response from influencer KSI when asked if fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-575780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}