Earlier at this time, FC Barcelona posted a picture of star midfielder Pedri on social media with the 23-year-old resuming on-pitch training at the Ciutat Esportiva.
“Pedri is following a selected coaching program throughout his first few days of pre-season,” the caption learn.
It was maybe to reassure followers who had not seen any photographs of him since final Wednesday, when the ultimate World Cup winners joined coaching.
The Blaugrana additionally posted a video of the midfielder already engaged on the pitch on the Ciutat Esportiva to allay any fears of their midfield maestro coping with any health points.
Beginning at 100%
For Pedri, as for supervisor Hansi Flick Flick, beginning the season at full health is important.
Pedri trabaja en una preparación específica durante sus primeros días de pretemporada 💪 pic.twitter.com/2QDoK48fzp
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) August 15, 2026
In response to AS, the target is to recuperate the Canary Islander’s greatest model, which he reached in the course of the 2024/25 season when he emerged as a Ballon d’Or candidate.
Final season, he suffered a number of bodily issues that, amongst different issues, prevented him from reaching the World Cup at 100%.
His dedication to Barça generally even pushed him past his bodily limits. Flick himself admitted that that they had taken dangers with him by taking part in him for 90 minutes within the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinal towards Atletico Madrid.
As such, the 23-year-old Spaniard is aware of that he must take one other step bodily.
A program designed by Kugel
That’s the reason he has put himself within the palms of Benjamin Kugel, the brand new first-team health coach at Barça, who has designed a coaching program to assist him return to full bodily situation.
Flick and Pedri are conscious that the season is lengthy and that the best situation is to succeed in peak health within the spring, when the most important trophies are determined.
And that iss what Pedri is working towards, beginning with a person coaching program after coming back from the World Cup break, as an alternative of leaping proper into group coaching like the remainder of his Spain teammates.
The Canary Islander even have one other supply of motivation with the approaching arrival of his Spain teammate Rodri from Manchester Metropolis.
With the national-team captain alongside Gavi, Fermin Lopez, Dani Olmo, and the prodigious Marc Bernal, Barça might boast one of many world’s greatest midfield models, and a completely Spanish one.
