Aryan Tajbakhsh has told Maidstone fans he is no bad egg despite chalking up 24 clubs by the age of 28.

Midfielder Tajbakhsh has joined the Stones after a short spell at Dover, where he was sent off twice in seven games.

He puts his nomadic career down to being mucked about by various managers over the years.

He's hopeful things will be different under Stones boss Harry Wheeler, a man he knows well.

Tajbakhsh said: "It's just non-league football. Personally, I like it when people say one thing and stick to their word.

"A lot of managers in the past have said one thing and then decide to do another two weeks down the line.

"I'm not the person to hang around and accept that.

"If someone offers you £10, I want £10. If someone offers you £100, I want £100, not a penny more, not a penny less.

"I'm a man of principle and that's probably why I've had a lot of clubs.

"Anyone you speak to will tell you I'm not a bad egg, I'm not that type of guy.

"I know Harry, I know Tristan (Lewis, assistant boss) and hopefully they'll be able to point me in the right direction and I can cement myself here or go on to the next place in my career."

Maidstone fans shouldn't worry about Tajbakhsh's disciplinary record at Dover, either.

He was sent off in draws against Chesterfield and Sutton at the end of Chris Kinnear's reign.

Tajbakhsh said: "I'm just a committed player. That's all it is. There's no malicious intent, there's no dissent, it's just me being me.

"I play with my heart on my sleeve and I leave everything on the pitch.

"Sometimes it goes for me and sometimes you take a hit in those circumstances.

"One of the reds was a second yellow just for stopping a counter-attack in the last minute.

"You take one for the team but it looks worse than it actually is."

While Tajbakhsh's career has been spent almost exclusively in non-league football, there was a two-year spell at Crawley.

He made more than 30 appearances for the League 2 club in all competitions before dropping back into the National League.

He said: "I played quite a bit of football there at Crawley, not in my chosen position, because I played left-back the majority of the time, but being on the pitch is the main thing.

"The gaffer here knows I'm versatile but he can decide where he's going to play me and where I'm at my most effective for him."