“The most serious incident ever experienced in Valdebebas.” This is how the newspaper reports Brand a new chapter of a scandal that blew up the atmosphere in the Real Madrid locker room. It is about a new fight between two of the team’s leaders, Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameniwhich, according to the Spanish media, would have ended with the Uruguayan soccer player, captain of the merengue team, in a hospital.
The air in Real Madrid has been cut with a knife for some time now. Eliminated in the Champions League and with almost no chance of winning the league title, which Barcelona is about to conquer, differences emerged. In training this Wednesday, in Valdebebas, a clash between Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni ended in a strong argument that did not come to blows due to the quick intervention of third parties.
This is how it informs Brand what would have happened this Thursday when they met again in practice. “Locker room sources assure MARCA that Valverde refused to shake Tchouameni’s hand in the morning, thus beginning a very hostile session which ended with a serious fight in the locker room at the end of training. In the fight between the two, in an involuntary manner, not caused by a blow from Tchouaméni, Fede suffered a severe bruise that caused a gap and forced him to go to the hospital. He is already at home.” Valverde was not injured as a result of a blow, but rather a fall to the floor in the middle of the tumult that caused a cut on his head after hitting him. The cause of the bitterness would be the Uruguayan’s constant hard tackles during soccer practices.
Ace Diaryalso from Madrid, tells some details that make the event more serious. According to that medium, after refusing to greet him, Valverde accused the Frenchman of having leaked the incident the previous day. The Uruguayan became insistent on this issue and his teammate denied it. The tension carried over to practice, where there were several strong entries. Upon returning to the locker room, Tchouameni went to try to clarify the situation to Valverde; Upon encountering hostility, the Frenchman threw a blow that knocked down the Uruguayan, who cut his head when he fell and became dizzy. According to Ace, Everything happened due to the passivity of the coach, Álvaro Arbeloa. And Valverde left the premises in a wheelchair.
“Fede hit himself with a table but then, the hospital thing is true, but it was due to a protocol issue because he has nothing,” Valverde’s entourage lowered the tone, according to the newspaper. The Countryfrom Montevideo.
As a result of what happened, an unprecedented crisis in the White HouseAccording to the Madrid media, an emergency meeting was called inside the locker room in which the entire squad participated and which was attended by the club’s general director, José Ángel Sánchez. In addition, a file would have been opened against both footballers. Meanwhile, television cameras captured Kylian Mbappé’s exit from practice, who was seen laughing inside his car.
The situation could not have been more inopportune. Real Madrid will face Barcelona this Sunday, at 4 p.m., in an attempt to deduct points and continue to have the hope of taking over the title, something that seems very difficult. Barcelona leads by 11 points, with 12 to play.
Valverde, 27, took over the captaincy a year ago after the departure of Croatian Modric. He has been at Real Madrid since he was a youth player, when in 2016 Peñarol transferred him to the subsidiary, Castilla. After a brief loan to Deportivo La Coruña, he made his debut for Real Madrid on October 23, 2018, in the Champions League, under the technical direction of Julen Lopetegui. Since then he became a stronghold of the team of which he is today the captain. With the white shirt he has played 371 games and scored 41 goals.
Tchouameni, 26, arrived at Real Madrid in mid-2022, from Monaco. He has played 192 games and scored 7 goals.
