Chelsea target Kwadwo Asamoah kick starts pre-season with Juventus

Ghana midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was present on the first day of Juventus pre-season preparations at Vinovo on Wednesday.

Asamoah was among 29 a handful of first-team players to the club's training complex as started with stretching and running drills.

The 25-year-old partook actively in the 90-minute workout that began with stretching and culminated in running drills.

Asamoah whose campaign last season was plagued with injuries will be hoping a clean bill of health to stake a claim in the Bianconeri set-up.

His situation restricted him to only 11 Serie A appearances because he was frequenting the treatment room.

He has been linked with a move to Chelsea to re-united with Antonio Conte, the man who signed him from Udinese to Juventus five seasons ago.