That he was not on the same wavelength with Edin Terzić was clear throughout the first part of the season. Giovanni Reyna has played just over 200 minutes in the Bundesliga. He almost didn’t get a chance in the Champions League. In a year in which he was expected to become a mainstay of Borussia, the 21-year-old American was relegated to the bench.There were rumors about his departure already, bearing in mind that he contributed more to Dortmund’s game as a teenager than in recent months, and after Jadon Sancho returned to Westfalen, it is almost certain that Reyna will have to look for a new surrounding.With the newly returned Sancho, the finely settled Donyell Malen, and Julian Brandt, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens as a new project, and even Marco Reus, the positions next to or behind the classic center forward are filled. And we should not forget that Karim Adeyemi is also injured right now, and also – another potential ‘golden goose’ who needs minutes – Julien Duranville.##NAJAVA_MECA_7796221##From whichever angle you look at it, the question is whether there would be a place for Reyna on the bench… Terzic’s ‘taste’ is certainly a factor, but there is no doubt that it is Reyna’s ‘fault’ also, whose ‘body language’, even when he got a chance to play, did not impose any hunger for minutes.For a few weeks now, it has been said that Real Sociedad turned their binoculars towards the talented American. The story became even more relevant from the moment when the Basques sold Mohamed-Ali Cho to Nice (10,000,000 euros), to top it all off with the change of management agency that Gio Reyna and his father Claudio insisted on. Wasserman has become a thing of the past, and Jorge Mendes should lead all future negotiations.The interest of the club from San Sebastian should not be surprising. Sociedad have an excellent relationship with Borussia and have already profited handsomely from its players twice.The first one that comes to mind is certainly Alexander Isak. He didn’t manage to break through in Germany for two years, loans didn’t help either, so in July 2019 he ended up at Anoeta for 15,000,000 euros. He scored 44 goals in three seasons and went to Newcastle for as much as 70,000,000. Net profit – 55,000,000!💣 💥 ❗ 🇺🇸 #BVB 🟡⚫ #Dortmund ❗La Liga and Serie A clubs are monitoring the situation of Borussia Dortmund’s 21-year-old midfielder Giovanni Reyna. pic.twitter.com/FVvQZO6b5i— Ekrem KONUR (@Ekremkonur) January 15, 2024 Mikel Merino did not come directly from Borussia, he had a short episode in the aforementioned Newcastle, however, until he went to England, the leaders of the two clubs were in contact. Sociedad didn’t grab the first chance, but they took the second. As soon as the Magpies bought Merino from Borussia, they sold him to the Spaniards the next day. A stake of 12,000,000 euros more than five years ago, today a finished player worth more than 50,000,000!Still surprised that Real Sociedad would be happy to trade with Dortmund?Of course, Reyna was once considered a world-class potential, a so-called prodigy, at the age of 17 he had a market value of 42,000,000 euros, so the Spaniards will hardly be able to get him for pocket change. But the possibility of the deal paying off in the future is certainly there.
