The 22-year-old has been pushing hard to return ahead of schedule, but the latest assessment suggests that a comeback against Chelsea is unlikely. Instead, the club now believes his more realistic return date will be during the fixtures against Alaves or Atletico Madrid. Pedri has spent weeks battling his way back from a tear in his left hamstring, suffered during the El Clasico on 26 October.
"Life update - I've had some nagging hip pain for a handful of months," Thomas said in a statement posted on social media. "After some time off and worsening symptoms, an MRI showed I had a disc problem that needed to be treated." Thomas said he had a successful microdisectomy at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York Thursday and has already been released from the hospital. The 32-year-old, who is ranked 8th in the Official World Golf Rankings, won the RBC Heritage this past season (his 18th career Tour win), and had eight top-10 finishes in 2025.
I ask [the national team] to do the same we're doing here: that they take care of him. He's changed, he's much better, he's training very well, he does daily treatment in the gym...
He completed the initial period of rehabilitation in his home country, then at Milanello he alternated between physiotherapy sessions, cycling, strength training in the gym. He also did swimming and targeted exercises such as the AlterG treadmill (running in zero gravity to avoid carrying all his body weight on the leg). Finally, he ran and worked in the sand, before putting the boots back on.
As Tennessee Titans wide receiver Calvin Ridley heads into Year 2 with the franchise, he's in a better headspace in his life after injuries and a mental health journey, which included a gambling suspension, derailed his career. In a detailed interview with ESPN, he discussed what losing football meant to him, as well as playing through a broken foot in 2020, what he has learned along the way and a detailed look at the gambling situation that led to him missing the 2022 season.