Sunderland have signed teenage Chelsea ahead Marc Guiu on a season-long mortgage.
The Spaniard, now 19, moved to Stamford Bridge for £5m from Barcelona in July 2024 and scored six targets in 16 matches for the Blues final season.
Describing himself as “a robust striker” and “pure goalscorer”, Guiu mentioned of his switch to Sunderland: “This yr is a large alternative for me to assist take this staff the place it actually deserves to be, and I am unable to wait to get began.”
Sunderland earned promotion to the Premier League by beating Sheffield United within the Championship play-off ultimate in Could.
Guiu turns into the Black Cats’ ninth signing of the summer time.
He got here by means of Barcelona’s celebrated La Masia academy and scored simply 33 seconds into his debut in a 1-0 win in opposition to Athletic Bilbao in October 2023.
After transferring to England, he scored three targets in opposition to Shamrock Rovers within the Convention League final season to turn out to be Chelsea’s second youngest participant to internet a hat-trick.
Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman mentioned: “In a mortgage acquisition, we not solely must persuade the participant but additionally the mum or dad membership, and we thank Chelsea for putting their belief in us.
“Most significantly, Marc needed to come back to Sunderland and be part of our membership. The competitors for his signature was important and he had many high-quality choices.
“Marc’s a progressive striker who has key attributes that align with the position in our staff.”
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