Chelsea star HITS BACK after Maresca feud speculation

Cameron Smith
Cameron Smith
  • 12 Oct 2025 21:03 BST
  • 4 min read
Enzo Maresca, Chelsea
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Chelsea striker Marc Guiu has confirmed that he is happy at Stamford Bridge following the club’s decision to recall him from his loan spell at Sunderland.

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The Spain U21 international spent less than a month at the Stadium of Light before returning to west London as emergency cover following a hamstring injury to Liam Delap in late August.

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Guiu has struggled for game time since moving back to the reigning Club World Cup champions, although he impressed during a 16-minute cameo against Liverpool last weekend.

Rumours have suggested that Guiu is growing “increasingly frustrated” by his lack of action at Chelsea this season, with the Spaniard said to have been angered by Enzo Maresca’s decision to start Tyrique George as a centre forward against Benfica in the Champions League.

Furthermore, it has been reported that he wants to rejoin Sunderland on loan in January.

However, Guiu has quashed such speculation by confirming he wants to succeed at Chelsea.

What has Marc Guiu said?

“We initially decided to go to Sunderland with great enthusiasm and excitement to get some minutes in the top flight and get some experience,” Guiu told RTVE (via The Mirror) while on international duty with Spain’s U21s.

“In the end, there was an injury [to Delap], and I had to return to Chelsea, now with great enthusiasm and training hard every day.

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“When Nico [Jackson] said no [to staying at Chelsea], they called me, we talked about it, and it was quick. In the end, I want to succeed at Chelsea. And that's how it was.”

Guiu added: “It was all a bit chaotic, but in the end, I'm a person who faces everything with the utmost positivity, and that's how I faced it, now enjoying every moment, because a footballer's career is short. And that's what I'm doing, enjoying every moment that life gives me.

“[There was] never disappointment [at leaving Sunderland]. I believe that every action I take in my career is because I want to. And that's it, I'm going to fight in every training session, in every game, every minute I have to play as many minutes as possible.

“Now I'm at Chelsea, and that's where I am. I'm from Chelsea, the best club in the world for me right now.”

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