Will Giovanni Reyna’s LACK of minutes at Forest impact his starting spot with the USMNT? | ESPN FC

ESPN FC’s Kasey Keller joins Sebastian Salazar on Futbol Americas discuss Giovanni Reyna’s lack of minutes at Nottingham Forest.
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[@josueflores7152]

I called this as soon as there were links to Forest! Predictable he fell for the allure of the premier league but this squad is fighting for its life! Is the coach really going to change it up and accommodate Gio just to give him more playing time and disrupt the flow of the team? He should have gone to La Liga where her could have played with out that added pressure.

[@Daniel-dd1bn]

Agreed he should have gone to real sociedad

[@alphabrainwave]

Human nature is crazy. A particular set of players puts the the team in a position to be relegated, so they scramble to sign new players in an attempt to shake things up, but then they are too afraid to pull the trigger on that adjustment because they don't want to disrupt the 'flow' of a roster which, again, put them in the position of fighting for relegation in the first place. Forest is going to get relegated because they clearly don't have the guts to make the changes that they've already invested in.

[@jamesarndt6059]

He should never had signed the new contract with Dortmund. Wait out this year- know teams can buy you over the summer fairly cheaply. Play hardball with Dortmund in terms of if any teams offer for you, only agree to go to a team that suits you.

[@calc1657]

The advantage of the move is: 'Reyna as a self-entitled punk gets to experience a different environment. If he thought he had been mistreated at Dortmund, if he thought he could do better elsewhere, then hopefully the move will open his eyes. Hopefully this will humble him. Malik Tillman can play the creative role in central midfield. The US has depth at attacking-midfield.

[@jakefish1896]

The whole philosophy of Nuno is that everyone plays and that everyone is given the chance. Dominguez had not played for weeks under Cooper and as soon as Nuno came in, he earned that role back. Gio is simply not playing because he is not good enough to play for the club, if you watched the matches, you would see that.

[@JakeForest3]

MGW, CHO and Elanga are all talented young players in good form and all owned by Forest so they have more incentive to play and develop them. Gio will get his chance and reports are he has been killing it in the training ground

[@douglasharley2440]

lol, if he ain't gettin minutes at the start, he's certainly not gonna get em later!...managers always give new players a chance at the beginning. so, to recap: 1) gio reyna wasn't getting any time at dortmund. 2) no clubs wanted to sign him/get-him-on-loan, so instead he has to go at the very last minute on a loan that his agent cooked-up because he has connections at nottingham forest. 3) he isn't getting any time at nottingham forest, even though the team's manager is in cahoots with his agent. *that's trouble.*

[@jasondbaker]

Multiple clubs wanted him on loan with option to buy deals. They even said so publicly after the transfer window closed. Dortmund didn't want to lose the player at a discount and only NF were willing to bite on a straight loan deal. He gives NF a little added insurance as they try to avoid relegation. If they stay in the league and never use him, I'm sure they will still look at this deal as a good one. Let's not read more into this and create drama where there is none.

[@douglasharley2440]

@@jasondbaker sounds like a lot of horseshite to me...if teams want a player they do what it takes to get that player. lol, idgaf about "drama"!...but i _do_ gaf about calling a spade a spade, and gio reyna's career is circling-the-drain. 🤣

[@OneTouch73]

This Reyna stuff baffels me. The host complains that he is not getting playing time at Forest and seems to comes across as if the player is better than Forest. Reyna barely played for a Dortmund team who are currently 4th in the Bundesliga, so you would assume that they are a some what decent team and Forest are currently 16th in the Premiere League and yet he can't get a game for them either. This would tell me that the player isn't all that great and is possibly no offence intended another over hyped American player. You have to earn the right to play and if he is good enough then he will do this, if not then tough luck. This host always comes out with some weird stuff.

[@MaximusTheChosenOne]

You are clearly ignorant on the situation

[@OneTouch73]

Thank you for pointing out my ignorance by providing no relevant points/info to counter my so called ignorance. 👍😂@@MaximusTheChosenOne

[@ryanbaddeley6117]

uh-oh Someone better not let his parents know he's not playing. Or else that could be bad for the coach

[@fashionicon1972]

clown, just a keyboard pest

[@danielkristjanson630]

He played poorly at Dortmund which is a better team than Forest, he's not making the cut at Forest now. Maybe he should've accepted his level and gone to Marseille to at least get some minutes?

[@RickyRicardo84]

Maybe going to the USL for a little bit would help him get some playing time

[@environm3ntalist549]

If he was showing anything decent in training he’d be playing. I suspect he is failing on the training pitch due to effort or lack of quality or both.

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Needs to play in the championship first.

[@robinhood007]

We (Forest) desperately need him to get on and perform well. Let’s all hope we see him soon.

[@supafrancis]

"We don't even need the all time greatest player in the history of the USMNT.. THAT is how deep our player pool is!" -Said Klinsmann

[@TheSupermonty15]

Not getting minutes at forest loool what a flop

[@Brazil520]

His problem is Hudson-Odoi and Gibbs-White are better than him, so he'll only get rotation minutes if they stay fit.

[@giles815]

Forest seem to need goals. Creating more chances and attacking is what Gio is best at. I’d expect his playing time to increase in the next couple weeks. Otherwise, why would Forest even sign him on loan if you’re not going to use him to try and inject some life into the squad?

[@giles815]

@@thesedreamsarefree I mean you would think he would. Why spend the time and money to loan/sign a guy if you’re not gonna play him or make your team better?

[@jasondbaker]

Relax folks. Most 21-year olds would absolutely kill to have a contract with Dortmund and be training every day with a PL team. You expect an out-of-form player still working his way back to fitness in a new league to immediately displace a PL team captain or in-form wingers that have been playing in the PL for years? And during a relegation battle where team chemistry is so key? Come on, seriously. Reyna will get some minutes eventually due to rotation or injury. He's higher on the depth chart at NF than at Dortmund currently.

[@ericburckson727]

Meanwhile his mother digging for dirt on Nunno

[@RickyRicardo84]

😂

[@user-wf5sh9ih3x]

Could Keller be any more full of sh$t. Of course it's bad, and Reyna's career at this point is definitely not going well. Of course, there's tons of time for him to develop and turn it around. But get real. Right now his career is in the toilet.

[@douglasharley2440]

kasey keller == 🙉

[@user-wf5sh9ih3x]

@@douglasharley2440 I hear you. I just think he gives a lot of dumb answers, and all the former USMNT guys always like to BS and gloss over things. That's all. Not that big a deal, lol. I just get annoyed when all these guys talk anything USMNT. LOL. Cheers.

[@douglasharley2440]

@@user-wf5sh9ih3x lol, i totally agree!...that emoji is "the monkey that hears no evil". basically, being pollyannish. (i just slightly changed my original reply comment to be more clear; thanks for the alert it was saying not what i intended. 😎👍)

[@robl326]

He couldn't get into a side that Jadon Sancho walked into.

[@LetterSignedBy51SpiesWasA-Coup]

Tillman is better at 10 than Gio. Of course, so is Pulisic. Gio's still better than Aaronson though.

[@nubnut4]

Who coughs like that on live tv

[@mynormorales6653]

Gio should move to Leverkusen. I think Xavi can get the best of him. If not.. move to a lower league like league one in France or Ajax in the Netherlands.

[@ellentronicmistress4969]

Why do you think Leverkeusen would want him?

[@chinafriends]

GioGate 2.0 at Nottingham Forest

[@frankieui5161]

He will get time because he is a talented player which honestly as are national team goes we aren't that deep with great talent. Look even training and practicing in the EPL is better then mls or some smaller European squad. You are playing against the best talent in the world daily at practice so I'm not to concerned.

[@Lukeness-wl2xn]

Hmmm maybe he’s a bad player with an even worse attitude. Not a surprise he hasn’t done well.

[@davidnoriega8723]

He definitely needs to change his "entitled" attitude. Also needs to be more gregarious and relate better to his teammates.

[@adidasut11]

Maybe the problem is......that he's just not that good of a player.

[@RickyRicardo84]

I disagree.. he is a really good player…… for an MLS team

[@tripperdelaluna1]

@@RickyRicardo84 Or even worse - a liga mx club right? lol

[@percytillman6030]

Fire Berhalter, it's his fault Gio isn't playing at Forrest and didn't at Dortmund. All those sycophants are silent now! Good luck to him, but he better tell the parents to back off and let him and his agent handle things because management and other players don't like it.

[@rotm8050]

he should move to mls, that's his level

[@RickyRicardo84]

Maybe start at the USL and work his way up to MLS