Chelsea coach Steve Holland says Lucas Piazon will be a better player for his loan at Malaga.

Holland believes the experience will have served him well.

"It's always difficult when we try to place these boys because we want them to play at the highest level, but sometimes the higher you push the less you play," he told chelseafc.com.

"Lucas has gone from playing regularly in the youth team last year to playing in the Under-21s in the early part of this year. It was good development for him playing in the NextGen Series and it was decided around Christmas that he needed to push on from there. He had a couple of appearances in the Capital One Cup and did well whenever he was asked to play.

"Malaga did well in La Liga and the Champions League. Without starting many games Lucas has been in and around the team and played regularly as a sub, so that will have done him good. He now has to go and play 38 to 40 games next season."