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We knew something was going down with Lucas Piazon, and now we have confirmation: he's heading to Eintracht Frankful on a season-long loan deal:
Willkommen @LucasPiazon! Der beim FC Chelsea unter Vertrag stehende Spieler wechselt für die kommende Saison zur #SGE pic.twitter.com/nsiSEyTqhi
— Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht_News) July 24, 2014
Piazon becomes Chelsea's third Bundesliga loanee of the summer after Tomas Kalas (Koln) and Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach). After Kevin de Bruyne's success at Werder Bremen in the 2012/13 season, it's not difficult to see why German sides would be so interested in picking up our prospects when they're available, which is great -- it's a solid, fast-paced league and will be a serious testing ground for our players.
For Piazon, a strong season should erase the bad feeling from the end of his season with Vitesse, but it's a big step up for him and he'll need to work very hard to make the most of his opportunity. I don't know much about how Frankfurt's squad looks now, but I assume that both clubs have done their homework and that Piazon will have every opportunity to actually play.