Sevilla Targets Chelsea Striker Guiu for Attack Overhaul
Sevilla’s rebuild up front is not finished yet. With the clock ticking on the window, the Andalusian club have set their sights firmly on Chelsea striker Guiu, who has emerged as a priority target, 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 hasn’t eased the concern. Inside the club there is a clear feeling: they still lack a pure finisher to carry them through a long, demanding season.
Head coach Luis Garcia and sporting director Jose Ignacio Navarro are aligned on the plan. They want a third striker, not as a luxury, but as a necessity. If Sevilla can close a deal, Guiu would drop straight into a direct battle for minutes with Ure and Isaac Romero, with all three vying for the central role.
A stripped‑back attack after summer exits
The urgency comes from what Sevilla have lost in recent months.
Their main reference in attack, Nigerian striker Akor Adams, was sold to Venezia, ripping out the focal point of last season’s forward line. Around him, experience also walked out of the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Alexis Sanchez left. Neal Maupay followed. Between sales and departures, Sevilla’s front third has been hollowed out.
The result is a squad short of options and goals at precisely the moment the domestic campaign looms into view. Depth is no longer a debate; it is a problem that has to be solved.
At one stage, the solution looked to be George Ilenikhena. Sevilla had lined up a loan move for the highly rated Nigerian, only to watch that path close almost overnight. Two spectacular goals for Al Ittihad changed the equation, and with that, Sevilla’s attention swung back to Guiu.
Chelsea close the door
Guiu’s situation at Stamford Bridge has turned sharply.
Chelsea have chosen to leave the 20-year-old without a squad number for the current season, a blunt message about his place in their plans. That decision has triggered action from the player’s camp, who are now actively working on an exit.
Sevilla’s interest is not a late, panicked reaction. The former Barcelona academy product has been on their radar since the very start of the summer, his name repeatedly discussed as a possible reinforcement.
Now, according to Spanish outlet Abc, those early conversations have hardened into a renewed push. Sevilla are exploring a loan as the preferred formula, a way to bring Guiu back to Liga without overloading their finances.
A career at a crossroads
Guiu is in his second season in English football after his move from Catalonia to Chelsea. His numbers are modest but not insignificant: 29 appearances, eight goals, most of them arriving during the club’s successful 2025 Conference League campaign, where he played a useful role in their run to the trophy.
He then headed to Sunderland on a short loan in the Championship, scoring once in three outings. The spell was brief, the sample small, and when he returned to west London, it was already clear he sat on the fringes of the first team.
On paper, Chelsea still control his future for a long time. Three full years remain on his contract. On the pitch, though, the path looks blocked. With no squad number and no obvious route into Mauricio Pochettino’s plans, a departure now feels less like a possibility and more like the logical next step.
For Sevilla, that opens a window. A temporary return to Spain could give Guiu what he currently lacks in England: regular minutes, responsibility, and the chance to prove he can lead the line at a major club.
For a side that has stripped its attack and is racing to rebuild it, the question is simple: can Guiu be the final piece that turns a patched-up forward line into a genuine threat?
