Having taking his suspension early and chosen personal ambition and country over club Rio's days at OT could be numbered.
The Observer reports that Rio was due to be a guest of Roman Abramovich at the Russian Cup Final this weekend but he could not get a visa.
Chelsea have already had one offer for Ferdinand rebuffed but if Heinze is in the bag and Desailly rumoured to be on his way out a further approach may prove more successful.