Sportscrusader.com can exclusively reveal that Black Stars defender Baba Rahman is close to joining European Champions Real Madrid.

Sources close to the player have told this website that firm contact has been made by Madrid and there is a keen interest on the part of the player to move to the European outfit.

Our sources claim a figure in the region of 15 million Euros could be enough to lure Rahman to the Bernabeu stadium.

What is not clear at this stage is whether the deal will be done in the January transfer window or later in the summer.

Baba has rapidly developed to become one of the very best left footed defenders in the German Bundesliga.

Rahman who plays for Augsburg in Germany is reported to be on the radar of many English Premier League sides after his recent sterling displays for both club and country.

Baba is part of Ghana’s 23-man squad for the 2015 African Cup of Nations which starts on Saturday, January 18.

Ghana is in the same Group as Senegal, Algeria and South Africa.