Sevilla Targets Chelsea Striker Guiu for Attack Overhaul

Sevilla’s rebuild up front is not finished yet. Far from it.

With the season fast approaching and the squad still short of goals, the Andalusian club have set their sights firmly on Chelsea striker Guiu, according to Mundo Deportivo. The 20-year-old has moved to the top of their list as they scramble to add one more natural finisher before the window shuts.

They have already brought in Scottish forward Robbie Ure to freshen the front line, but inside the club there is a clear feeling: it is not enough. Head coach Luis Garcia and sporting director Jose Ignacio Navarro are aligned on the need for a third out‑and‑out striker to give the team balance and depth.

If Sevilla get their way, Guiu will not arrive as a passenger. The plan is for him to fight directly with Ure and Isaac Romero for a starting spot, turning the centre-forward position into an open contest rather than a default selection.

The urgency stems from a brutal summer of exits at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. The club sold their main attacking reference, Nigerian striker Akor Adams, to Venezia, ripping out the focal point of last season’s attack. Then came the experience drain: Alexis Sanchez and Neal Maupay also walked out through the same door in this window, stripping Sevilla of know-how and options in the final third.

The result is a squad light on goals at precisely the moment the calendar is about to intensify.

Sevilla’s first big idea for the role was a loan for Nigerian forward George Ilenikhena. That path closed almost as quickly as it opened. Ilenikhena hit two spectacular goals for Al Ittihad, boosting his stock and effectively pushing him out of Sevilla’s financial and sporting reach. With that, the Andalusians swung their attention back to Guiu and have not looked away since.

Chelsea have helped accelerate the process. At Stamford Bridge, the situation around Guiu has hardened: the club chose to leave the young striker without a squad number for the current campaign, a blunt message about his place in their plans. His camp has responded by actively hunting for a new destination, and La Liga suddenly looks like the obvious escape route.

Sevilla know him well. The former Barcelona academy forward had already been heavily linked at the very start of the summer, his name circling internal discussions long before this latest push. Now, as reported by Spanish outlet Abc, Sevilla are formally back at the table, working to bring him home on terms that suit their budget.

A loan is seen as the ideal formula. It limits risk, keeps the wage bill under control and, if all goes well, gives them a ready-made option to negotiate for longer down the line.

Guiu is in his second season in English football after leaving Catalonia in a high-profile move. His first year at Chelsea brought 29 appearances and eight goals, most of them in their victorious 2025 Conference League run, where he showed flashes of the penalty-box instinct that made him such a talked-about prospect.

His next step was a short loan to Sunderland in the Championship. It was brief but tidy: three appearances, one goal, and then a return to west London. Since then, his pathway into Chelsea’s first team has effectively closed.

On paper, time is on his side. He still has three full years left on his contract. On the pitch, though, a quick exit now looks almost unavoidable if he wants to play regular football at a high level.

For Sevilla, that is exactly the opportunity. For Guiu, a temporary return to Spain, in a team desperate for goals and willing to hand him real minutes, could be the stage that either restarts his career – or defines it.