Hellas Verona midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has described 2019 and 2020 as the toughest years of his life after battling with a serious illness and losing his sister.
The 29-year-old Ghana international spent the bulk of 2019 on the sidelines first with a knee injury before suffering a pulmonary embolism.
It threatened to put his season in jeopardy, but he made his comeback in January, featuring four times before Serie A was suspended due to the coronavirus.
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While in self-isolation, Agyemang-Badu lost his sister in a shooting incident in his Ghanaian hometown of Berekum.