With Valentín Barco seemingly on the verge of a transfer to Chelsea, regret is slowly seeping in at one of his former clubs, Sevilla.

Estadio Deportivo report on that growing sense of frustration and regret today, as the newspaper covers the 21-year-old today and Sevilla’s confrontation with the reality of a grave miscalculation on their part.

From Sevilla obscurity to Strasbourg stardom

Valentín Barco joined Sevilla on loan from Brighton and Hove Albion in August 2024, but his time at the Spanish club was a miserable one.

He was pretty much pushed out of the picture at the Ramón Sánchez stadium, afforded just nine games and 466 minutes in total before being sent back to Brighton the following January.

He joined Strasbourg a month later and hasn’t looked back since. Reinvented as a central midfielder, he’s now a key player at the French club. They quickly activated a €10m deal last summer. Barco’s rise has continued ever since.

Chelsea win the race

Now a move to Chelsea appears to be on the cards. A report today stated that a deal has already been done between the two BlueCo clubs for the Argentine.

That followed a similar report four...