{"id":634567,"date":"2024-01-31T05:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=634567"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:52:13","slug":"nottingham-forest-gio-reyna-loan-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/31\/nottingham-forest-gio-reyna-loan-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest Complete Signing of &#8216;Fantastic&#8217; Borussia Dortmund Wonderkid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest have reached an agreement with Borussia Dortmund to sign Giovanni Reyna on loan until the end of the season, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2024\/01\/31\/nottingham-forest-transfer-news-borussia-dortmund-gio-reyna\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Percy<\/a> of The Telegraph. The surprise deadline day move will bolster Nuno Espirito Santo&#8217;s options in attacking midfield, with the 21-year-old American prospect set to challenge other first-team players for key minutes in their relegation battle.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nottingham Forest Set to Sign Gio Reyna on Loan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Watch: So, Mo Salah Made Egypt Angry&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"So, Mo Salah Made Egypt Angry.... - Last Word on Football, 23\/1\/24\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FON12XObV38?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Medical booked for Borussia Dortmund Prospect<\/h3>\n<p>Percy confirmed that Forest have fought off competition from other clubs and Reyna is &#8220;scheduled to arrive in England&#8221; on Wednesday January 31, to complete a loan deal until the end of the season. The deal includes an option to buy.<\/p>\n<p>The Tricky Trees are yet to sign anyone in this window, which comes after the club were charged for breaching the Premier League\u2019s Profit and Sustainability Rules on Monday, January 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jorge Mendes&#8217; Increased Power at Nottingham Forest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Reyna\u2019s contract at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/bundesliga\/borussia-dortmund\/\" target=\"_self\">Dortmund<\/a> expires in June 2025 and the 21-year-old signed with Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes in December 2023. Mendes was integral in Forest\u2019s appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/01\/tottenham-hotspur-nuno-espirito-santo-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Nuno Esp\u00edrito Santo<\/a> on December 20, 2023, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/5141904\/2023\/12\/22\/jorge-mendes-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Taylor<\/a> of The Athletic. Santo is a Mendes client and the signing of Reyna points towards Mendes\u2019 growing influence at Forest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/01\/25\/emmanuel-dennis-nottingham-forest-watford-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Very Talented\u2019 Premier League Striker To Leave Nottingham Forest And Rejoin Former Club On Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gio Reyna&#8217;s Dortmund Struggles Earn Move to Premier League &amp; Nottingham Forest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Reyna has only played 13 games in all competitions for Dortmund this season and is without a goal or an assist. The 21-year-old did not make an appearance until September due to injury and has struggled to make an impact in a Dortmund team that sit fourth in the Bundesliga table, 13 points behind leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/09\/nottingham-forest-cooper-worrall-mckenna\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Available for Transfer in January\u2019: Nottingham Forest Make Decision on Future of First Team Players<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gio Reyna&#8217;s Career So Far<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Reyna impressed at the New York City Academy between 2015 to 2019, before he was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/04\/04\/giovanni-reyna-the-big-time-awaits-for-borussia-dortmunds-youngster\/\" target=\"_self\">signed<\/a> by Dortmund in 2019. The versatile forward who can play as a winger or an attacking midfielder made his debut for Dortmund in January 2020, and since then has scored 13 goals in 89 Bundesliga appearances. In the 2020\/21 season, he won the DFB-Pokal.<\/p>\n<p>Despite struggling for game time in Germany, head coach Edin Terzic has recently praised the 21-year-old. After his side&#8217;s 3-0 victory over VFL Bochum, the German head coach told DAZN &#8220;Gio is a fantastic player. Of course he&#8217;s not happy when he&#8217;s not playing. [Against Bochum] you could see that Gio is capable of influencing the game from the bench.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has long been regarded a wonderkid and a part of a new exciting generation of American talent. For the US Men\u2019s National Team (USMNT), Reyna has had a mixed career. Reyna has scored seven goals in 24 USMNT appearances. 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