Ghana defender Bright Addae has set his sights on helping Ascoli secure promotion to the Italian Serie A in the impending season.

According to the former Wa All Stars guardsman, the team is brimming with confidence as they prepare arduously in preseason ahead of the Serie B campaign.

“Hopefully this will the season for Ascoli and our fans in general," he said

"The ultimate aim is to seal Serie A football and I can already feel that within the playing staff and the technical team.

“The confidence level is high and I have this natural feeling in me that we will prevail going into the new season.

"We just need to get a very good start and a season without injuries as well. The 2017/18 season could be the breakthrough for us”, Bright Addae told Ghanacrusader.com

Addae was a member of the Black Satellite squad that conquered the world at the 2009 U-20 FIFA World Cup in Egypt.