“Chelsea want to keep” striker called out for poor training levels by his manager | OneFootball

There is a lot of good stuff in the Athletic’s explainer about Chelsea’s transfer situation for this January, and we honed in on some action about Marc Guiu in particular.

If you’ve missed the story so far – Chelsea bought him from Barcelona in the summer of 2024. He played a bit last season as a backup, but missed some time injured too. In the summer of 2025 we loaned him to Sunderland, only to recall him before the window closed after an injury to Liam Delap.

Guiu locked in at Chelsea and with no real prospects of playing

Marc Guiu in action for Chelsea against Cardiff. (Photo by David Horton – CameraSport via Getty Images)

Now Guiu is locked in – he can’t play for a third time this season. But with Delap fit, he’s barely featuring for us either. He could technically return to Sunderland, but there’s no guarantee he would play much there anyway, given how well they’re doing. Plus, according to this piece:

“Chelsea want to keep the 19-year-old striker for the rest of the campaign, despite the Spaniard remaining a fringe member under Maresca.”

His decision to come to Chelsea certainly doesn’t look like the right one for his career, and even though the striker was positive about it the last time he was interviewed, we can imagine his enthusiasm is only dipping as time passes.

The fact that Enzo Maresca called out his attitude in training has only increased the sense that a departure is inevitable.

In other news…

Even though we don’t expect a first team signing for Chelsea, there’s a lot to be done in this January transfer window. Two players who have been in the out tray for a while are considered the “biggest priorities” for the Blues to shift.

Robert Sanchez has been in good form of late, and he spoke to the club’s website about how important it would be to get a win tomorrow against the most in form team in the Premier League.