{"id":158494,"date":"2015-10-09T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=158494"},"modified":"2015-10-09T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T12:58:43","slug":"ivanovic-injured-baba-rahman-warms-up-to-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/ivanovic-injured-baba-rahman-warms-up-to-take-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivanovic injured; Baba Rahman warms up to take over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;YpZzAZSJQK8NzaByFA1jCdhtBaeGgfkI&#8221;]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<p>The 21-year-old Ghana defender is however likely to get his chance against Villa next weekend.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>He is currently on national team duty with Ghana in Washington, US.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts were worried about Baba&#8217;s move to Chelsea as according to them, he was likely to remain on the bench because Ivanovic remains Morinho&#8217;s favourite .<\/p>\n<p>So far, Baba has not managed to convince the coach to field him ahead of the Serbian.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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