Ghana international Abdul Rhman Baba is close in joining French Ligue 1 side Stade Reims on loan for the rest of the season.

Footballmadeinghana.com can exclusively reveal that officials of the Stade Auguste Delaune outfit had fruitful talks with the Chelsea top hierarchy on Monday and the blues have agreed to loan Baba Rahman to them pending medicals

Baba played for Schalke on loan in the first round of the current season but had to terminate the deal because adequate playing time was not guaranteed.

The former Augsburg star is now getting back to his best after suffering a career threatening injury whilst on international duty with Ghana at the 2017 AFCON in Gabon.

He was being courted by Goztepe this window but the deal could not go through.