Tchouameni opens up on Valverde altercation, denies punch

For the primary time, Actual Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has opened up on his altercation with Fede Valverde on the Valdebebas coaching floor. The Uruguayan midfielder was taken to hospital after a supposed combat with Tchouameni to have stitches in his head, and each had been fined €500k by the membership for his or her indiscipline.

Valverde spoke in regards to the incident for the primary time this week, on his arrival to the Uruguay camp forward of the World Cup. The 27-year-old didn’t get into element on the incident, having initially denied that he had been hit by Tchouameni, however as an alternative referred to as it a studying expertise for him to ‘develop and mature’.

Tchouameni denies hitting Valverde

Tchouameni has now additionally spoken in regards to the incident for the primary time, explaining that he didn’t punch Valverde.

“Clearly, issues occurred, you possibly can see and listen to it within the media. It was blown out of proportion as a result of it was within the information, and whenever you play for Actual Madrid, that creates an enormous response. Quite a lot of nonsense was mentioned within the press. I learn that there was a combat and that I had punched him… Which wasn’t the case. I received’t go into extra element,” quoted Diario AS.

“Crucial factor is that the membership was conscious of what occurred. There are numerous issues that occur within the dressing room that don’t make it into the press. Life goes on. Fede and I’ve a standard objective: to win titles with Actual Madrid. There aren’t any issues. And if I face him within the World Cup, we’ll be desperate to win with the French nationwide staff. On a private stage, there aren’t any issues with Valverde proper now.”

Actual Madrid unconcerned by altercation

Regardless of handing out such heavy fines, Los Blancos appeared largely unconcerned by the combat itself, however quite the truth that it was leaked to the press. Then supervisor Alvaro Arbeloa mentioned that ‘what actually hurts’ was that anyone went public with the story. In the meantime President Florentino Perez toed an analogous line, noting that the one who leaked it will be dropping their job, and that ‘gamers combat yearly’, calling former ‘worse than the combat itself.’