Former Asante Kotoko midfielder Michael Akuffo has joined rivals, King Faisal, ahead of the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season.

The 32-year old joins the Kumasi based side on a year deal.

Akuffo has enormous experience playing in the domestic league after six years with the Porcupine Warriors.

The former Ghana youth midfielder also spent time abroad to play for the likes of Asec Mimosa, FC PoPa in Finland and Lebanese side Al Ansar.

The Ghana Premier League begins on December 27th with King Faisal travelling to Dawu to play Dreams FC in their opening game.

The Alhaji Grusah boys were reinstated to the top flight following a proposal at the Extraordinary Congress in October.