Borussia Dortmund midfielder Gio Reyna is close to completing a loan move to Nottingham Forest for the rest of the season, TEAMtalk can confirm.
Reyna has discovered limited opportunities at Dortmund this season, making just thirteen appearances in total for Edin Terzic’s side.
The American foreigner had been linked with an exit from the club in January in search of more minutes, with reports earlier this month indicating Reyna had a key target for Nottingham Forest.
TEAMtalk can now reveal that Reyna will travel to England on Wednesday to complete a loan move until the end of the season, with talks between Dortmund and Forest at an advanced stage.
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Reyna, born in Sunderland, the son of former Black Cats midfielder Claudio, joined Borussia Dortmund in 2019 and made 121 appearances for the club, registering 17 goals and assists.
The 21-year-old’s current contract at the Westfalenstadion is due to expire in the summer of 2025.
Having noticed his progression hampered by a series of injuries in recent years, Reyna has emerged as a super replacement for Dortmund’s 2022/23 Bundesliga challenge, coming off the bench to score against Augsburg, Mainz, Freiburg, Stuttgart and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the race.
In the last decider at home against Mainz, Reyna came off the bench when his team trailed 2-0 and provided assists to Raphael Guerreiro and Niklas Sule to save the equalizer for Dortmund.
Still, it wasn’t enough for the club to win their first league title since 2012, as the Bundesliga trophy went to Bayern Munich for the eleventh time in a row, while Dortmund lost on goal difference.
Reyna’s arrival is expected to bolster Nottingham Forest’s hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League, with the last Nuno Espirito Santo in 16th place, two issues ahead of Everton, who are in 18th place.
Despite Espirito Santo orchestrating surprise victories over Newcastle United and Manchester United after replacing Steve Cooper last month, Forest remain in a precarious position in the table having lost three of the Portuguese manager’s first five games in charge.
The club’s latest defeat came at the hands of title-chasing Arsenal on Tuesday night, and Forest headed to Bournemouth, who inflicted a 3-2 defeat on Espirito Santo in his first game in the dugout on December 23, on Sunday.
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