The Gio Reyna transfer saga has reportedly taken a new twist.
Bundesliga club Borussia Moenchengladbach is leading the race for Reyna, jumping in front of Serie A side Parma, Sky Sports reported Wednesday. Gladbach has offered roughly €3-3.5 million plus add-ons to Borussia Dortmund for the American midfielder.
No official decision has been made, and Parma remains interested in Reyna, according to the report.
Parma had been in talks to acquire Reyna since late-July, offering €6 million to Dortmund for the 22-year-old. Borussia Dortmund rejected the deal, continuing to hold out for closer to €8 million.
However, the lengthy delay in agreeing to a deal has led to Borussia Moenchengladbach entering the race for Reyna. MLS club LAFC was also linked to Reyna, but talks never escalated.
A move to Gladbach would reunite Reyna with former NYCFC academy and current U.S. men’s national team teammate Joe Scally. Scally is entering his fifth full season with the club, making 133 appearances to date across all competitions.
Reyna is coming off one of his least productive seasons in Dortmund colors. He scored two goals and added one assist in 26 appearances, but registered just 627 minutes of playing time.
Reyna has failed to reach the 1,000-minute mark in each of the last two seasons, which also featured a loan spell at Nottingham Forest during the second half of the 2023-24 campaign.
A decrease in playing time has also led to Reyna missing out on U.S. men’s national team opportunities. He has earned just one cap in 2025, a 21-minute cameo against Canada in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place match.
Borussia Monchengladbach opens Bundesliga play on Sunday against Hamburg while Borussia Dortmund faces St. Pauli on Saturday.
Gladbach has offered roughly €3-3.5 million plus add-ons to Borussia Dortmund
Parma has offered roughly €6 million to Dortmund (which was rejected) and are holding out for €8 million
Meanwhile, Colorado Rapids, an MLS Team, GO AFTER Paxten Aaronson from Eintracht Frankfurt for $7,000,000 upfront fee, alongside a further $1.5m (€1.3m) in add-ons……something REYNA CAN’T EVEN GET IN EUROPE???? bruh, the disrespect!!!!
I’m starting to think MLS, particularly LAFC with a high-profile player like Son Heung-Minas a teammate…….or maybe even San Diego FC, is not a bad place for this kid to land, because Gio is not valued in Europe AT ALL!!!!
Wow
Not sure how 6 million wasn’t enough for Parma how they’d deal with BM’s 3.5? Must be some great add-ons. Could this be Dortmund floating this to push Parma higher?
-He’d have Joe there, and they’re friends from their NYCFC academy days.
Interesting twist Cotton. Lets see where this goes.
Parma recently signed a 22 year old croatian CF Matija Frigan for 10 million from Westerlo. He just blew out his ACL
And they recently sold their center back Leoni to Liverpool for 35 million.
I don’t know how these events will affect their interest in Gio but you’d think they would.