AshantiGold coach Roberto Landi has touched down in the country to take charge of his team, however, due to the Coronavirus safety protocols the Italian trainer is under a 14-day quarantine, according to Vision 1 FM.
After his quarantine he will be leading his team to training once the government eases restriction on football activities in the country.
Despite the suspension of football due to the Covid-19 pandemic, President Akufo-Addo granted the national teams special dispensation to train for their upcoming CAF assignment and the management of the AshantiGold would be hoping to get same ahead of their 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup.
AshantiGold this week confirmed that they are keen on representing Ghana in Africa.
A club statement read: Upon receiving a notice from the Ghana Football Association, Ashantigold SC on Thursday, 3rd September 2020 confirmed to the Association to participate in the 2020/21 CAF confederations cup.
The club has taken steps to effectively comply with all directives with regards to the CAF club licensing application procedures.
The 2020/21 Confederations cup is scheduled to commence on the 20th of November this year.
The club is as well putting in place measures to commence full scale training activities as soon as restrictions on contact sports are lifted.
Ahead of the competition, AshantiGold have beefed up their team with new additions. They have signed 2016 MTN FA Cup best player Yaw Anorl from Bechem United and 2016/17 Ghana Premier League top scorer Hans Kwofie has rejoined the club.
Also, the contracts of Appiah Maccarthy and Richard Osei Agyemang have been extended. According to reports, Aduana Stars striker Yahaya Mohammed is close to joining the club.
