Marc Guiu was one of multiple players to join Chelsea in the summer window. He arrived at the Premier League side after spending 11 years at Barcelona.
Earlier this month, Barca sporting director Deco revealed they had wanted to retain him, but the 18-year-old rejected the La Liga side’s renewal offer and joined Chelsea instead.
Sport, a Catalan newspaper, now state they respect the striker’s decision to pick Chelsea, but it was a ‘surprising one’.
The Spain U19 international’s move to Stamford Bridge hasn’t worked out well so far. He’s been limited to 23 minutes in the league, which was in the Blues’ 2-0 loss to Manchester City on August 18th.
Guiu has made two starts for Chelsea so far and they came in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers against Servette FC last month. The return leg took place in Switzerland.
Sport claim ‘everything changed’ for the Chelsea player after the away trip to Switzerland. Since then, he has been limited to 14 minutes of game time and it came in the EFL Cup win over Barrow on Tuesday.
The newspaper asks whether the Spaniard is ‘invisible’ to Enzo Maresca.
It’s to be noted the manager has favoured Nicolas Jackson and Christopher Nkunku ahead of Guiu for the No.9 spot. The former two have impressed this season and this makes it difficult for Guiu to enjoy regular minutes at Chelsea.
