Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouameni for dressing-room fight
Key takeaways
- Real do not impose sporting sanctions saying 500,000 euro fines concludes the ‘internal procedures’ against the pair.
- 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.
- Valverde will miss Sunday’s Clasico against Barcelona as a result of the head injury he suffered during the altercation.
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Real do not impose sporting sanctions saying 500,000 euro fines concludes the ‘internal procedures’ against the pair.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Real Madrid's Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni were in an altercation that resulted in the former needing to attend hospital [Susana Vera/Reuters]By AFPPublished On 8 May 20268 May 2026Real 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.