Chelsea’s serial loanee Lucas Piazon is set to finally leave the west London club after featuring three times for the Blues in nine years.

Following three first-team outings, seven loan spells and a broken leg, Piazon will finally have his Blues contract terminated, ahead of a permanent move to Rio Ave.

The Brazilian, now 26, arrived in West London as a fresh faced teenager from Sao Paolo in 2011.

He swiftly impressed within Cobham’s fabled youth set-up, breaking into Chelsea’s first-team set up less than a year later, under Andre Villas-Boas.

After two appearances on the Blues’ bench during that first season, he made his debut in September 2012 aged 18, starting a 6-0 League Cup romp over Wolves and even assisting a goal for Ryan Bertrand.

An appearance in the next round against Manchester United followed, as did a Premier League debut that December against Aston Villa, with things looking promising for the attacking midfielder.

But after signing for Malaga on loan in January 2013, Piazon would never feature for Chelsea again.

After 14 goalless appearances for the LaLiga side, Piazon was soon walking the well-trodden path from Chelsea to Vitesse. He bagged 11 goals and eight assists in 31 appearances for the Eredivisie side, but that wasn’t enough to get him back in the Blues’ plans.