Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouameni for dressing-room fight

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Real Madrid has fined Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde 500,000 euros each following a training ground altercation. The club initiated internal procedures which are now concluded with these financial penalties, opting against sporting sanctions. The clash resulted in Valverde sustaining a head injury requiring hospital treatment and stitches, ruling him out of the upcoming Clasico against Barcelona for up to two weeks. Tchouameni, who participated in training, may still play. Both players expressed remorse and apologized to each other and the club during the investigation. Valverde attributed the incident to competitive strain and frustration, downplaying the severity of his injury.

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Both players expressed remorse, apologized to each other, and accepted the club's sanctions.

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Valverde stated the incident was due to 'the strain of the competition and frustration' and that he 'accidentally hit a table'.

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Federico Valverde will miss Sunday's Clasico against Barcelona due to a head injury requiring up to two weeks of recovery.

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Real Madrid fined Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde 500,000 euros each after a training ground clash.

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Real do not impose sporting sanctions saying 500,000 euro fines concludes the ‘internal procedures’ against the pair.Real Madrid have fined Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde 500,000 euros ($588,000) each after a training ground clash that left the latter needing hospital treatment.The club did not impose any sporting sanctions on the two players, saying in a statement that the fine “thereby concludes the internal procedures” launched against them.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Miami host committee assured ICE will not be at World Cup gameslist 2 of 4All to know about the FIFA World Cup squad announcements and player listslist 3 of 4Trump says he would not pay $1,000 to watch US at World Cuplist 4 of 4Irish footballers and celebrities urge boycott of Israel matchesend of listValverde will miss Sunday’s Clasico against Barcelona as a result of the head injury he suffered during the altercation. The club said he would be out for up to two weeks.Tchouameni took part in training on Friday and could feature at Camp Nou this weekend.Madrid said on Friday that both players “expressed their complete remorse for what happened and apologised to each other” while taking part in a club investigation.“They extended their apologies to the club, their teammates, the coaching staff, and the fans, and both have made themselves available to Real Madrid to accept whatever sanction the club deems appropriate,” read a club statement.Uruguay international Valverde was accompanied to the hospital facility near the club’s Valdebebas training complex by Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa, according to Spanish reports, which said the player needed stitches to treat a facial wound.Valverde sought to downplay the severity of the altercation with the France midfielder.“The strain of the competition and frustration caused the situation to escalate,” Valverde wrote on social media, expressing regret at the media coverage of the incident.“I accidentally hit a table during the argument, causing a small cut on my forehead that required a routine visit to the hospital,” he said.

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