«Coach, you'll see, I'll score straight away»: Guiu has his way to convince Maresca that he has to stay at Chelsea
Enzo Maresca is starting to think about possibly giving Mark Guiu on loan so he can get more playing time, but the young striker, who left Barcelona for Chelsea this summer, can prove to him that it will take very little time to prove that he has everything that blues are searching for!
By KONSTANTINOS ZALIARIS
The young footballer moved from the "blaugrana" to the "blues" of London for 6 million, as defined by his release clause from the Catalans.
It's certainly an investment for the future, Enzo Maresca knows that, however, and is reportedly starting to think about loaning the player out to a LaLiga club in order for him to get games.
His playing time for Barcelona last season was minimal, but in those few minutes he played he achieved great things!
First of all, on his LaLiga debut against Athletic Bilbao on 22nd of October 2023, he came on as a substitute and scored his maiden league goal within 33 seconds to seal a 1-0 victory in the 82nd minute!
He played a total of 11 minutes in that match, but had to wait until February 2024 to get playing time again. He only came on for a minute in the 3-3 home draw with Granada and played for 61 minutes in the 1-0 win over Mallorca in early March.
When his moment came in the Champions League, it took him 33 minutes to find his first goal!
He played 15 minutes in a 2-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk at the end of October and in the final group stage match of the 2023-2024 season he got 18 minutes against Antwerp.
He scored in the 90th minute for Barcelona to draw 2-2, but the team conceded a goal soon after to record the defeat (3-2) which was the 3rd in 7 games for the Catalans at that time and the pressure had now been increased on Xavi...