Chelsea have confirmed Ghana defender Baba Rahman has joined German giants Schalke 04 on loan.
A statement on the Premier League champions website read: ''Baba Rahman has today joined Schalke on loan until the end of the 2018/19 season.
The Ghanaian defender, 23, re-joins the Bundesliga side, where he spent the first half of last season before sustaining a knee injury during the Africa Cup of Nations.
Baba signed for Chelsea from another German side, Augsburg, in the summer of 2015 and made 23 appearances during his maiden season at Stamford Bridge.
He will be hoping to revive his career in Germany.