Real Madrid break silence on Valverde-Tchouaméni incident
Real Madrid break silence on Valverde-Tchouaméni incident La Liga giants Real Madrid have released an official statement, regarding the heated altercation between Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni on Thursday. This comes amid confirmation of both players preparing for ‘disciplinary proceedings’ on the part of their employers. As per a statement across Real Madrid’s website and social media platforms: ‘Real Madrid CF announces that, following the events that took place this morning in the first team training session, it has decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouameni.
‘The club will announce the resolutions of both cases in due course, once the corresponding internal procedures have been completed. ’ Ongoings at Valdebebas have of course dominated the world football headlines across the day to date. As much comes after the aforementioned Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni came to blows in the dressing room.
A day on from the pair being at the heart of an intense verbal back-and-forth, the situation took a turn for the worse this morning. Ultimately, a dressing room fight culminated in Valverde being floored and bleeding from the back of his head, requiring a hospital visit and stitches. Major sanctions now likely await both midfielders.
Conor Laird – GSFN