The Premier League champions Chelsea have announced that Augsburg left-back Baba Rahman has joined the Blues for an undisclosed fee.
We are delighted to announce we have reached an agreement with FC Augsburg for the transfer of Abdul Baba Rahman… http://t.co/Bq1ntlVfOK
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 16, 2015
The 21-year-old had been strongly linked with a move to the Stamford Bridge as cover for Filipe Luis, who returned to Atletico Madrid earlier this month.
The west London club have now confirmed that an agreement between the Bundesliga outfit has been agreed over the transfer of the Ghana international.
Official: @babarahmangh leaves #FCA and joins @ChelseaFC! Good luck for your future, #Baba! http://t.co/xCHOZD1Gia pic.twitter.com/mRY0Xc55TL
— FC Augsburg (@FCAugsburg) August 16, 2015
The left-back spent two years with second tier club Greuther Furth, before joining Augsburg for €2.5m last summer.
He established himself as one of the highly-rated Bundesliga players in his age group last season, helping Markus Weinzierl’s side to fifth position.
Rahman becomes Chelsea’s third major recruit of the summer, following the arrival of Asmir Begovic and Radamel Falcao.
