Newly signed Accra Hearts of Oak’s sensational midfielder, Gladson Awako, has confirmed that 26-Year-Old Ghanaian physical trainer, Francis Totti Laryea, better known as Totti Laryea, helped him to regain his fitness before the start of the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League.
Former Captain for Accra Great Olympics, Gladson Awako took the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League season by storm with world-class performance.
The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup winner recently signed a new contract with the winners of the GPL, Accra Hearts of Oak, after being hailed as one of the outstanding home-based players in the 2020/21 league.
As a means of strengthening their squad for the CAF Champions league, Hearts of Oak signed Awako on a deal to earn about $2,500 a month.
It would be recalled that Totti Laryea, who was reacting to Awako’s move to Hearts of Oak in an interview on Hot 93.9FM, revealed how he helped the sensational player to regain his fitness ahead of the 2020/21 premier league.
“Oh, I am very happy for Awako…Stonchist, do you know that I am the one who helped Awako to regain his fitness? Yes, I am the one,” Totti said.
Responding to Totti Laryea’s claims in an interview with Hotfmghana.com, Gladson Awako confirmed that,” Yes, it’s true Totti Laryea helped me to regain my fitness when I came from the USA and before the start of the 2020/21 league.”
“Totti is a wonderful physical trainer….I still train with him. In fact, I train with him every day,” Awako added.
Totti Laryea is the owner of the ‘Train Like a Pro Gh’ fitness centre at Nungua in Accra. The 26-year-old became a professional physical trainer in 2015.