Sevilla Targets Chelsea Striker Guiu for Squad Rebuild
Sevilla’s search for one more goalscorer has a clear name at the top of the list: Guiu. The 20-year-old Chelsea striker has become a priority target for the Andalusian club this summer, according to Mundo Deportivo.
They have already moved once in the market, bringing in Scottish forward Robbie Ure to freshen up the front line. It was a necessary first step, not the final one. Inside the club, there is a firm belief they still lack a pure finisher to complete the squad before the window shuts.
Head coach Luis Garcia and sporting director Jose Ignacio Navarro are aligned. They want a third striker. Not as a luxury, but as a pillar of the squad build. If Sevilla get Guiu through the door, the plan is clear: he will fight directly with Ure and Isaac Romero for a starting role, not just make up the numbers.
Akor Adams sale forces Sevilla’s hand
The urgency has roots in a turbulent summer at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan. Sevilla sold their main attacking reference, Nigerian striker Akor Adams, to Venezia, ripping out the focal point of last season’s attack.
The exits did not stop there. Alexis Sanchez and Neal Maupay also left during this window, stripping away experience and depth in the final third. The result is a squad that suddenly looks thin up front for the demands of a long domestic campaign.
Sevilla had initially lined up a different solution. George Ilenikhena was the first big idea, a loan move for the highly rated Nigerian forward. That door closed almost as quickly as it opened. Two spectacular goals for Al Ittihad shifted the landscape and made any deal highly unlikely, forcing Sevilla to circle back decisively to Guiu.
Guiu frozen out at Chelsea
The timing might work in Sevilla’s favour. Guiu’s position at Stamford Bridge has deteriorated sharply. Chelsea have taken a blunt decision: the young forward has been left without a squad number for the current season, a clear sign he does not figure in their immediate plans.
That call has triggered action from his camp. His representatives are now actively working on an exit, and Sevilla are back at the table with serious intent.
Their interest is not a sudden whim. The former Barcelona academy striker had already been heavily linked with the Andalusian side at the very start of the summer. Now, according to Spanish outlet Abc, Sevilla are officially renewing their push to bring him back to Liga, with a loan viewed as the most viable financial formula.
A career at a crossroads
Guiu is in his second season in English football after his move from Catalonia. His numbers at Chelsea show promise: 29 appearances, eight goals, most of them coming during the club’s triumphant 2025 Conference League campaign, where he carved out a role in Europe.
He then headed out on a short loan to Sunderland in the Championship, scoring once in three games. It was a brief spell, not long enough to fully establish himself, and he returned to west London facing the same wall: limited trust and no clear pathway into the first team.
On paper, Chelsea still control his future, with three full years left on his contract. On the pitch, the situation feels very different. A swift departure now looks almost unavoidable.
For Sevilla, that reality opens a window. A temporary move back to Spain, into a club desperate for goals and minutes to offer, could be exactly what Guiu needs to restart a promising career that has stalled on the fringes of the Premier League. The question is no longer whether he has to leave Chelsea, but whether the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan will be the stage where he proves he should never have been pushed aside.
