Afriyie Acquah is looking forward to making a greater impact in his second season with Italian side Palermo.
The Ghana midfielder played 15 games for Palermo as they reached the Coppa Italia Final and qualified for this season's Europa League.
Having broken into their senior side last season, Acquah now wants to remain a regular.
"Between January and when the season ended I got promotion into the first team and played 15 games so next season I want to improve," he says.
"I want to become a regular and help the club do well in both the League and in the Europa League."
Acquah, a member of the national U-23 side pushing a qualifying spot at the next All Africa Games is always setting himself the task of breaking in the Ghana senior team.
"If I have been able to play in Serie A against some of the best midfielders in the world, then I should be good enough to play for Ghana.
"It would be a great honour to play in the team and train with the likes of Michael Essien, who I have always admired."