Sevilla Targets Chelsea Striker Guiu to Revamp Attack
Sevilla’s rebuild up front is not finished yet. With the clock ticking on the transfer window, the Andalusian club have turned firmly towards Chelsea striker Guiu, identified as a priority to round off Luis Garcia’s forward options, according to Mundo Deportivo.
They have already moved once in that area, bringing in Scottish striker Robbie Ure to freshen the attack. That signing has not eased the urgency. Inside the club, there is a clear message: they want another pure No 9 before the window shuts, someone who can live in the box and carry a share of the goals.
Garcia and sporting director Jose Ignacio Navarro are aligned. Both see the arrival of a third striker as essential, not a luxury. If Sevilla get Guiu over the line, he will be thrown straight into competition with Ure and Isaac Romero for a starting role, not parked as a developmental piece.
Akor Adams sale triggers a reset
The scramble for firepower is rooted in a summer of exits at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium. Sevilla sold their main attacking reference, Nigerian striker Akor Adams, to Venezia, ripping out the focal point of last season’s front line.
That was only the start. Alexis Sanchez and Neal Maupay have also walked out the door in this window, stripping the squad of experience and leaving Garcia with a glaring lack of options in the final third as a demanding domestic campaign looms.
The need is obvious. The response has to be decisive.
From Ilenikhena to Guiu
Sevilla’s initial plan pointed elsewhere. The club first tried to secure a loan for highly rated Nigerian forward George Ilenikhena. That path closed quickly. Ilenikhena hit two spectacular goals for Al Ittihad, a statement that effectively shut down Sevilla’s hopes of prising him away.
So the focus swung back to Guiu, a name that had already circulated around the Sanchez-Pizjuan at the very start of the summer. The interest is not a late panic; it is a renewed push for a target long on their radar.
Chelsea door closes on Guiu
The situation at Stamford Bridge has made the move more feasible. Chelsea have taken a hard line: Guiu has been left without a squad number for the current campaign, a clear indication that he does not sit in the club’s immediate plans.
That decision has triggered action from the player’s camp, who are now actively working on finding him a new destination. Sevilla see an opening and are trying to move through it before anyone else.
According to Spanish outlet Abc, the Andalusian side are now formally back at the table, pressing to bring Guiu back to Liga. A loan is viewed inside Sevilla as the right formula, allowing them to strengthen without a heavy upfront outlay.
A career at a crossroads
Guiu is in his second season in English football after a high-profile switch from Barcelona’s academy to Chelsea. His numbers are modest but not insignificant: 29 appearances and eight goals for the Blues, most of them during their victorious 2025 Conference League run, where he carved out a real role.
He then headed to Sunderland on a short Championship loan. That spell never fully took off — one goal in three games — and he returned to west London still searching for a stable place in senior football.
Now he finds himself contracted to Chelsea for another three years, yet effectively pushed to the fringes. On paper, he is tied down. In reality, a swift exit feels inevitable.
For Sevilla, that tension represents opportunity. For Guiu, a temporary return to Spain, with the promise of real minutes and a prominent role in a retooled attack, could be the platform that finally turns promise into permanence.
