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title: "Tedesco talks up Schalke move for Baba Rahman"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2018-01-08T16:31:09Z"
modified: "2018-01-08T16:31:09Z"
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# Tedesco talks up Schalke move for Baba Rahman

Baba Rahman has been left in limbo at Chelsea since the summer transfer window closed.

The left-back hasn’t featured for the Blues since the 2015/16 season, his debut season in English football following a £18m move from Augsburg, and under Antonio Conte, despite Chelsea lacking left-back cover for Marcos Alonso, he’s not been given as much of a sniff of first-team football this season.

After being sent to Schalke on loan last season, Rahman was beginning to rediscover the form that made him so sought after before suffering a season-ending ACL injury in January 2017.

![Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/578128134.jpg)

Rahman returned to Chelsea to complete his rehab and there was talk of a second loan move to Schalke in the summer but the defender failed to prove his fitness and a loan switch fell through.

With the January window well under way and Rahman seemingly fit and ready for action, Schalke head coach [Domenico Tedesco has revealed](https://www.goal.com/en/news/schalke-keen-on-signing-chelsea-outcast-baba-rahman/p1g248yzhg9o1vnkg1ppyce31) that he’s looking into bringing the Ghana international back.

> One more player would be good for us, I’m thinking about Abdul Rahman Baba for the left wing above all.

> He still has a flat here in Gelsenkirchen, he knows Schalke and Schalke knows him. If we could get him on loan from Chelsea for a longer spell we wouldn’t be averse. We are clarifying now how good his fitness is at the moment.

A loan move for the 23-year-old would be best for all involved at this moment in his career.