Chelsea's young Brazilian Lucas Piazon is wanted by police in Toronto in connection with an alleged sexual assault.

The warrant was issued for the arrest of Piazon, along with his Brazil U22 teammate Andrey following the their involvement in the Pan-Am Games in July.

A Chelsea representative said: "We are aware of the reports."

Piazon has been on loan at Reading this season and the Championship club also confirmed that they were aware of the reports.

The police statement said: "The Toronto Police Service is alerting the public to a sexual assault investigation. It is alleged that: - on Saturday, July 25, 2015, a 21-year-old woman, along with a friend, met two men in a nightclub in Toronto.

"The two men accompanied the women to one woman's residence. Once inside the residence, the two men sexually assaulted one of the women. The two men have now been identified, and arrest warrants have been issued for Lucas Domingues Piazon, 21, and Andrey Da Silva Ventura, 22.

"They are both wanted for: 1. Sexual Assault.

"Both men are from Brazil. They were in Canada as participants in the 2015 Pan-Am Games as members of the Brazilian Pan-American football (soccer) team."