Dortmund's boss Terzic confirms Gio Reyna's injury return

Ahead of

’s Bundesliga game against

on Friday night, Terzic confirmed

will be sidelined for several months. The

graduate joined Dortmund in 2019 and made a total of 29 appearances for the Bundesliga side over the past two seasons. However, unfortunate injuries once again hit the Spanish full-back.

“

Unfortunately, Mateu will not be available to us for a long time,”

told his press conference.

“He had to undergo surgery on the lateral meniscus of his left knee yesterday. Accordingly, we will have to do without him in the coming months. Of course, that hurts us a lot.”

The Dortmund manager gave a positive injury update, confirming

could make his injury comeback this weekend against Hoffenheim.

The

-German coach added: “

For [Donyell] Malen, it will not be enough until the weekend. There are still question marks with [Mahmoud] Dahoud and [Karim] Adeyemi. Gio Reyna has been back in training since Sunday, with him it looks good for Friday.”

Returning from a long injury,

Reyna

picked up a new injury in his side's game against Stuttgart. Ahead of the

, the United States international tends to secure a spot in

squad retaining his full fitness.

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