🎙️ All fine despite the bust-up?!?! Arbeloa plays down Real chaos
🎙️ All fine despite the bust-up?!?! Arbeloa plays down Real chaos There are situations in which we definitely wouldn’t want to trade places with other people. Real Madrid head coach Álvaro Arbeloa, who is not entirely without controversy, is certainly one of them right now.
Before the Clásico against FC Barcelona — in which Madrid’s biggest rival could, to make matters worse, also wrap up the league title — Arbeloa had to face the press amid the Mbappé chaos and a dressing-room brawl. “I’m very proud of the club’s consistency, speed, and transparency. And of the fact that the players admitted their mistake, showed remorse, and apologized.
For me, that is enough,” Arbeloa explained. So it appears the two players no longer have to fear consequences from him. “Valverde and Tchouaméni deserve for us to look ahead now and give them the chance to keep fighting for this club.
I’m very proud of them. I will not allow this to be used to question their professionalism: it’s a lie that they are not professionals or that they treated me disrespectfully. That is absolutely false,” he said, standing by his players despite everything.
📸 PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU - AFP or licensors The coach also confirmed that Tchouaméni will be in the squad for the Clásico. Valverde, on the other hand, is out for the time being (presumably because of injuries from the fight). Arbeloa denied reports of problems with some players, including Dani Carvajal: “It’s a lie that anyone isn’t playing because of problems with me or because of their life outside Real Madrid.