‘It was like coming back home’ Rahman opens up on return
READING FC defender Baba Rahman said that returning to the Royals felt like ‘coming home’.
The Royals secured Rahman on a loan deal from Chelsea for the second consecutive season to fill the void of recruiting a left-back.
“So far so good as we had a win last weekend (against Stoke),” said Rahman.
“I was happy to see the lads and I’m happy to be here.
“It has been a brilliant and amazing start to the season so I hope we can keep this going.
“Coming back to Reading was like coming back home.
“I know most of the lads and the management so it was like coming back home.”
Rahman will be hoping that his Championship performances will be enough to impress his international bosses to get a call up to represent Ghana at this winter’s 2022 World Cup at Qatar.
Rahmah currently has 44 caps for Ghana and will be hoping to be alongside his club mate, and Reading club captain, Andy Yiadom, at the World Cup.
He continued: “It’s always an honour to represent my country and I’m looking forward to the games coming up.
“I don’t know how they are going to manage it but it will be strange for us to have a break in November to play the World Cup.
“I’ve had a good relationship with Yids (Andy Yiadom) since 2017 and we’ve carried that on when I came here.”
The left-back become a popular figure among fans in his loan spell last years for his social media presence as long as his performances on the pitch.
“When I put out that tweet
I didn’t expect to get this momentum
from the fans, but I’m happy they liked it. Hopefully I can do similar tweets.
“It was always a possibility to come back here and I was in touch with the gaffer all throughout pre-season.
“I watched three games of the pre-season and kept in touch so it was always a possibility.
“It was frustrating because I wanted to get out and have a proper
pre-season to get minutes in my legs.
“It was basically the two clubs trying to sort out the transfer issue which was frustrating.
When asked about the possibility of making his move permanent next summer, Rahman said: “If the possibility comes up then why not, I would take it. It’s two clubs that have to deal and for me I’m feeling at home here and love it here.”
The defender gave his thoughts on the new system that has been trialled for much of this season as Paul Ince has switched to a back five for the majority of Reading’s games, having played four for most of last season.
“I don’t really mind, this is football and you have to adapt to the set ups. I’ve played both systems.
“You have less defending to do and that can be nice.”