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Chelsea are having to leave Kendry P\u00e1ez in limbo as they work on his next move. The Ecuadorian is now stuck in a very awkward situation at River Plate.<\/strong><\/p>\n The 19-year-old\u2019s loan is effectively over in all but name. River no longer want him, and he is no longer part of manager Eduardo Coudet\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n Despite expectations that he would return to England after the World Cup, P\u00e1ez has remained in Argentina. Meanwhile, Chelsea are still searching for his next destination.<\/p>\n That leaves one of the club\u2019s brightest young talents training on his own, with no clear end date in sight.<\/p>\n Argentine outlet TyC Sports<\/strong> and Ecuador\u2019s The Diary<\/strong> both report that P\u00e1ez has rejoined River\u2019s training base after his post-World Cup break. However, he is not training with the first-team squad.<\/p>\n Instead, he has been placed with the group of players training separately from the senior squad while they wait to leave the club. It is a clear indication that River consider his time there finished.<\/p>\n Chelsea and the Argentine side are still working to terminate the loan early, but the process has not yet been completed because the Premier League club want P\u00e1ez\u2019s next move lined up before giving the green light.<\/p>\n For now, that means the youngster remains in an uncomfortable position. He belongs to Chelsea. He has no future at River but still has nowhere else to go.<\/p>\n River also have their own reasons for wanting the situation resolved quickly.<\/p>\n P\u00e1ez occupies one of the club\u2019s foreign-player spots. Therefore, his departure is an important part of their squad planning before the transfer window closes.<\/p>\n Chelsea, meanwhile, appear determined not to rush into another decision. This comes after two disappointing loans in the space of a year.<\/p>\n His spells at Strasbourg and River failed to deliver the regular football or development the Blues had hoped for. Consequently, the club are taking more time over what comes next.<\/p>\n Recent reports have linked Atl\u00e9tico Mineiro<\/strong>Belgian side KV Mechelen and newly-promoted Premier League club Ipswich Town<\/strong> with potential loan moves.<\/p>\n Until one of those options \u2013 or another destination \u2013 becomes concrete, P\u00e1ez is expected to remain in Argentina, training away from River\u2019s first-team squad and waiting for Chelsea to decide where his career goes next.<\/p>\n It is far from the ideal scenario for a player once viewed as one of South America\u2019s biggest prospects, but Chelsea now have the responsibility of ensuring the next move finally provides the stability his career has been missing.<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" River Plate Chelsea are having to leave Kendry P\u00e1ez in limbo as they work on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Left out and waiting<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Chelsea trying to avoid another setback<\/strong><\/h2>\n