Jobe Bellingham receives Giovanni Reyna’s No. 7 Borussia Dortmund tricot | OneFootball

New Borussia Dortmund signing Jobe Bellingham has received Giovanni Reyna’s No. 7 tricot. The American – who very much looks to be on his way out of the Bundesliga this summer – will don the No. 21 jersey until his future can be sorted out. The young Englishman receives the preferred number he used to wear at Sunderland ahead of the new season.

Bellingham commemorated his first goal in Dortmund colors whilst wearing No. 77 at the Club World Cup this past summer. Jobe’s new number was confirmed at a club media roll out on Thursday at which the new 2025/26 BVB Bundesliga jerseys were unveiled. Dortmund will play in the new kit for the first time in a friendly against Juventus on Sunday.

Reyna’s number once earned him the pejorative nickname “GR7”; a reference to footballing icon Cristiano Ronaldo’s famed “CR7” moniker. The fact that Reyna only logged 12 minutes as a substitute during the Club World Cup underscores that the famous prospect once referred to as “The American Dream” no longer enjoys anything close to such status anymore.

Reyna’s estimated market value has plummeted from a peak of €42m in December 2021 to €7m today. The contract extension the 22-year-old signed just prior to his loan out to Nottingham Forest in January 2024 only takes him through the forthcoming campaign. Dortmund would naturally love to cash in on him.

Interestingly enough, Gio is technically a native of Bellingham’s most recent stomping ground. His father Claudio represented Sunderland when Gio was born in 2002.

GGFN | Peter Weis