Chelsea starlet Lucas Piazon has slammed the club's policy of repeatedly loaning out young stars, insisting it "makes no sense" and is detrimental to a player's progression.
The Brazilian, 22, moved to Stamford Bridge in 2012 and made three appearances for the club in his first season, before being shipped out on five different loan spells since - most recently to Championship side Fulham.
Chelsea have loaned out 38 players over the summer, an increase on last season's 35, including 19 in England and the likes of the more established Juan Cuadrado to Juventus. Piazon, though, sees little benefit.
"It makes no sense to go on loan all the time," he told the Daily Mail. "It is not good for any player in my experience — or the experience of the other boys. I don't see it as a positive thing any more. To be in a different place every year is not good for me at 22.
"It's difficult to get a place in the team. They have their own players. You do your best, try to get a place in the squad, minutes on the pitch, score and create goals. That's all you can do."
He added: "I still want to make it at Chelsea, of course. I came to Europe to play for Chelsea and want to do it. Maybe I can come back in the future.
"If that's not possible I want to go somewhere and stay for more than one season. Not just stay stuck in the club."
Piazon says he is yet to discuss much with new Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, with the first-team squad taking part in a busy pre-season scheduled following the Italian's Euro 2016 commitments.
He said: "We haven't spoken much and we've said nothing about football.
"It's difficult when there's a big change. The Italian mentality is to train hard. They arrived and then went to Austria and then to the USA. The players have found the training tough but they're enjoying it."
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