EXCLUSIVE: Kwadwo Asamoah will start pre-season at Juventus 10 DAYS EARLIER than the rest of the team

Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah will start pre-season at Juventus 10 clear days earlier than the rest of the team, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

The Ghana international returned to the Juventus set-up in the closing stages of the season after a career-threatening injury which forced him out since December last year.

The Italian champions are keen to ensure the versatile player is in good physical condition ahead of the start of the new season which has prompted the decision to have him kick-start his pre-season in time before the group.

He will begin the exercise 10 clear days before his colleagues join him, all in a bid to cement his recovery programme.

Manager Massimiliano Allegri wants the absolute reliability of the Arsenal target ahead of another tight campaign next season.

Asamoah endured a difficult five months after being sidelined with a serious knee injury which ruled him out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana.