Chelsea defender Baba Rahman has formally completed his loan move to Schalke, becoming a member of the Bundesliga aspect for the whole lot of the 2016/17 campaign after they revealed on their Twitter account on Monday that Rahman can be accompanying their squad to a pre-season training camp.
The move means that the left-again returns to the Bundesliga after just a single season in England, having joined the Blues from Augsburg final summer season as Jose Mourinho splashed around in the switch market like a terminally sick salmon in a wooded area.
Schalke head instruct Markus Weinzierl said in a brief declaration on the membership's internet site: "Abdul is a powerful offensive left-back, whose characteristics i'm without doubt convinced. For our staff together with his perspective, he's also a fairly excellent man."
The 22-year-old performed a generally peripheral role for the Blues last season, with Cesar Azpilicueta nailing down the left-back slot for the majority of the campaign and decreasing Rahman's role to that of a backup, approaching when Azpilicueta featured at right-back.
Antonio Conte has been tipped to re-enter the transfer market to convey in further depth within the function earlier than the end of the switch window, even though teenage academy product Ola Aina has been impressing on both the proper and left side of the Chelsea defence in their pre-season games.
Aina could even begin the Blues' season opener at correct-back, with Branislav Ivanovic injured, with his versatility meaning that Conte's defensive problem shouldn't be as dire because it would otherwise be.