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Alvaro Arbeloa on Aurelien Tchouameni-Fede Valverde fight: “It’s a healthy dressing room”

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Alvaro Arbeloa on Aurelien Tchouameni-Fede Valverde fight: “It’s a healthy dressing room” Real Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa has characterised their dressing room as ‘healthy’, in spite of the conflict between Fede Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni this week. He also went on to praise the club’s handling of the incident, after both players were handed €500k fines . In the first public address of the matter, Arbeloa began with a lengthy diatribe, that invoked Real Madrid legend Juanito, and asked for Tchouameni and Fede Valverde to be given a chance to move on from the incident.

He also confirmed that Tchouameni would be in the squad to face Barcelona, and confirmed he was happy with Valverde in his role as a vice-captain. “I want to say two things. First, I’m very proud of the decisiveness, speed, and transparency with which the club has acted.

And second, that the players have acknowledged their mistake, expressed their regret , and asked for forgiveness. That’s enough for me. What I’m not going to do is publicly crucify them, because they don’t deserve it.

They’ve shown me what it means to be a Real Madrid player these past four months and years. They’ve demonstrated that they know what it means to be a Real Madrid player, and I won’t forget that. ” “I always give an example.

For me, there’s a player who is the epitome of what a Real Madrid player should be, and that’s Juanito. And he never made a mistake? We’re all very proud of what he did in every match.

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