Did Baba Rahman miss huge Chelsea opportunity?

Over five years after last playing a competitive game for Chelsea, and now reaching a critical point in his career, Abdul Baba Rahman remains on the books of the Stamford Bridge giants, yet he has never been further from the first team.

After several convoluted loan spells since 2016, the left-back is once again expecting yet another year away or a permanent sale.

Having suffered serious knee injuries, the last few months have been kinder to the West African.

Even more important than beating the domestic champions was maintaining a clean bill of health in south-eastern Europe. Baba not only featured in 13 league games but started 11 of those. Perhaps more encouraging was the fact he played 90 minutes in 10 of the aforementioned 11 matches, suffering no new setback.