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title: "Chelsea: Firm interest from Portugal in Piazon"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-firm-interest-from-portugal-in-piazon/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Callum Pragnell"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2019-08-29T18:10:58Z"
modified: "2019-08-29T18:10:58Z"
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# Chelsea: Firm interest from Portugal in Piazon

**Chelsea midfielder Lucas Piazon could be heading out on loan for the seventh time, with firm interest being shown from Portuguese outfit Rio Ave, according to [Football.London](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/what-next-lucas-piazon-chelseas-16826409).**

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Piazon – who became the Blues’ longest-serving player [following the departure of defender Thomas Kalas, who joined Bristol City earlier this summer](https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/kalas-signs-for-club-record-fee/) after eight years of service at Stamford Bridge – has played just 14 minutes for the west Londoners in seven years.

He was dubbed [“the next Kaka”](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/transfer-news/what-next-lucas-piazon-chelseas-16826409) upon his arrival to the club as a teenager in 2011, but has found it impossible to break into the first-team fold at the Bridge, spending the previous six seasons out on loan to Malaga, Vitesse, Frankfurt, Reading, Fulham and Chievo respectively.

The 25-year-old is now poised for another loan move away from the Premier League titans, with Primeira Liga outfit Rio Ave current front-runners to obtain his signature until next summer.

*Football.London* report that Rio Ave are confident in securing a two-year loan spell for the attacker, which is where things start to get a little complicated.

Piazon is out of contract next summer, meaning that if he did make a two-year switch to Portugal he would have to sign at least another one-year contract extension at Chelsea, similar to what happened with Italian full-back Davide Zappacosta, [who joined former club Roma on loan until January just days after signing a new one-year deal with the Blues](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/21/davide-zappacosta-extends-contract-and-moves-to-roma-on-loan).

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Having featured for Chelsea for just 14 minutes in the previous seven years – an 8-0 win over Aston Villa in 2012 – it is pretty clear that Piazon will never break into the first-team at Stamford Bridge.

With that in mind, a move away such as a two-year loan spell (as mooted above) could be a good way of settling down somewhere for a man who has spent most of his career being farmed out around Europe.

***What does the future hold for Piazon? Join the discussion by commenting below…***