Ghana and Chelsea defender Abdul-Baba Rahman is likely to make his English Premier League debut against Aston Villa after news that Branislav Ivanovic limped off with an injury while playing for Serbia.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”YpZzAZSJQK8NzaByFA1jCdhtBaeGgfkI”]Baba, a 21 million pounds signing from German side Augsburg, is yet to kick a ball in the English league with manager Jose Mourinho keeping faith with Ivanovic who has had a difficult start to the season.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old Ghana defender is however likely to get his chance against Villa next weekend.<\/p>\n
Rahman, a former Asante Kotoko and Greuther Furth defender,\u00a0has been promising in his two games for the club in the UEFA Champions League and the Capital 1 cup.<\/p>\n
He is currently on national team duty with Ghana in Washington, US.<\/p>\n
Some analysts were worried about Baba’s move to Chelsea as according to them, he was likely to remain on the bench because Ivanovic remains Morinho’s favourite .<\/p>\n
So far, Baba has not managed to convince the coach to field him ahead of the Serbian.<\/p>\n
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By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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