According to the auto translation, "Unclear when play permit and thus duty matches come." So could he miss out on participating in official youth matches this season if he's not registered by a certain deadline?
CONFIRMED: '02 Giovanni Reyna has joined Borussia Dortmund. He will start with the Dortmund U19s. Huge move for one of the top talents in the #usynt #USMNT pool pic.twitter.com/rLBejDBO6d— Joey (@USAprospects) February 1, 2019
Sounds like they have a 13 year old wonder striker on the u17, so maybe more common than we think? https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/...oufa-moukoko-scores-two-for-u-17-s-456915.jsp
Folks, I'm going to call a cease and desist on speculation about Moukoko's age. It's off topic and the discussion of this sort of thing--based on experiences with the Adu arguments in the past--all too readily wanders into a problematic area. Since this thread is about Gio Reyna, let's just note Moukoko as an interesting precedent who provides context for Reyna and then keep the focus on him, please.
But freddy adu is the mitochondria living in all bs threads In all seriousness the.way.i understamd it he and moukoko will be playing on the same team and similiar positions.. Could explain why there was such a delay in reyna signing?? In any event very glad gio van bronkhorst is with bvb ( claudio named him after bronkhorst when at rangers i believe)
Oh boy... Went sniffing around. On that guys twitter feed on that post he has a post from bvbyouth telling him to respond to a direct msg. Gio at bvb NOT CONFIRMED.
That really doesn't mean anything. That account that asked isn't an official youth account and could be asking anything. I trust Joey more than just about any reporter out there. If he says it's done, then I'm going to assume it's done.
Transfermarkt now has him with bvb ao ok... Also moukoko is a forward and moving up to u 19 next year. Reyna is listed as a forward. https://www.transfermarkt.com/borussia-dortmund-u19/transfers/verein/1464/saison_id/2018
Not much of an update, but this recent German press article seems to confirm he's at the club now (through Google Translate): While Youssoufa Moukoko is a big star with the B-Jugend, Borussia's A-Jugend has only recently welcomed a talented new signing with Giovanni Reyna. The son of former Bundesliga professional Claudio Reyna (Leverkusen, Wolfsburg) came in the winter from NYCFC's Youth Academy to BVB. https://www.derwesten.de/sport/fuss...lent-ziehen-bvb-fans-trauern-id216436263.html
According to that Twitter account, Reyna is officially there but the club is still "sorting out eligibility issues".
Seems the passport took longer than it should have: PROSPECT | With the 🇵🇹 passport in hand, could a club for @Gioreyna10 be announced shortly? ✈️ Last rumored destination - Borussia Dortmund! 🐝 pic.twitter.com/A6X5txHw1X— Football Wonderkids (@fbwonderkids) April 10, 2019
Fun fact I wasn't aware of until I just read Claudio Reyna's wikipidia: Reyna went to prep school with Berhalter. And so I'm guessing that this gif wasn't the first time that Gio met Berhalter. "In New Jersey, Reyna would go on to become a youth player at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School, as a teammate of Gregg Berhalter."