Borussia Dortmund boss Marco Rose admits that Gio Reyna’s muscle problem is “a bit more serious than we expected”, but the hope is that the talented 18-year-old will be back in action before 2022.
An injury picked up while on international duty with the United States has kept the highly-rated midfielder stuck on the sidelines since September.
Initial reports had suggested that he would only be ruled out for around a month, but no definitive timescale is being put on his recovery as yet and the Bundesliga giants can only speculate on whether or not he will be seen again in 2021.