I’m pretty sure he’s back in light training, though I don’t know if it’s contact or not. PSV have a bit of a injury crisis at the moment, with not only Thomas out of today’s game, but also first-team regulars Cody Gakpo, Eran Zahavi, Phillip Max, Jordan Teze, Noni Madueke, along with a couple other fringers. Funnily enough, the Dutch word for injured is ‘geblesseerd’, though I can’t imagine Thomas feels too blessed.
In the press conference, the manager mentioned that three of them are set to be back next week, but didn’t include Thomas, though I’ve read start of December, though who knows. When he got the surgery, it was reported that the procedure should help to rectify the recurring knee problems he has, so hopefully that is the case.
I’m sure Danny Hay more than most people can empathise, as he talked about on the Between Two Beers pod about how he had half-a-dozen operations and it basically cost him his Leeds career.