Chelsea defender Baba Rahman has joined Schalke on a season-long loan.
The 22-year-old, who joined the Blues from Augsburg in 2015, failed to secure a first-team place at Stamford Bridge last season and has been allowed to join the Gelsenkirchen club on loan to gain first-team minutes.
Rahman made 23 appearances, 19 of them starts for Chelsea last season.
Speaking to Schalke website Rahman said:
"I spoke with the new Chelsea head coach and he told me that I would probably not to play very often in his system," "I want to be on the pitch, so I told the management in London that I wanted to transfer. I found a very good club in the form of Schalke and I'm sure that I have made the right decision."
His return to Germany reunites him with former Augsburg manager Markus Weinzierl, who took over as Schalke manager in June.
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