Aduana Captain Emmanuel Akuoko targets group stages of CAF Champions League

Published on: 08 December 2017

Captain of Ghana Premier League Champions, Emmanuel Akuoko insists the club has set a target of reaching the group stages of the CAF Champions League.

The Dormaa-based club will represent Ghana at the continental championship after winning the Ghana Premier League last season.

Akuoko who was with the club when they first participated in the Champions League in 2010, says the club in putting in place all measures to achieve their target of reaching the group stages of the Champions League.

“Our main motive is to go through the preliminaries and make it to the Group stage, for now that is our target and we will set a new one after we achieve this. Everything is step by step,”Akuoku told footballmadeinghana.com

“I think we have a strong all-round team capable of going all out in the tournament. Management will surely bring in few additions to make the team stronger for Africa. We will go all out to make Ghana proud,”

“Pre-season has begun but I finally joined last Thursday and everything is going on well. We are all well equipped for the task ahead.”

“I have heard the rumors that I am going to Kotoko but it is not true, I am staying at Aduana. I love the club and I am enjoying my football here,” he concluded.

The Premier League Champions have started preseason already and have extended the contracts of some of their key players.

Derrick Sasraku, Elvis Opoku and goalkeeper Joseph Addo have all been handed contract extensions, with the club looking forward to adding some new players to their fold.

Meanwhile, Aduana will begin the season with a super Cup clash with Kumasi Asante Kotoko.

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