By our reporter 8.5.2026
Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni have been fined €500,000 each following Thursday’s training ground brawl that left Valverde needing stitches to his head.
Trouble began on Wednesday when Velverde complained about an unfair tackling by Tchouameni during training. On Thursday Velverde escalated the matter when he refused to shake his teammates hand instead accusing him of leaking their previolus altercation to the press.
Real Madrid said in a statement on Friday: “During their appearance, the players expressed their complete remorse for what happened and apologised to each other.
“Furthermore, they extended their apologies to the club, their team-mates, the coaching staff, and the fans, and both have made themselves available to Real Madrid to accept whatever sanction the club deems appropriate.
“Under these circumstances, Real Madrid has decided to impose a financial penalty of five hundred thousand euros on each player, thereby concluding the corresponding internal procedures.”