“Today we had another conflict. During the discussion…” + How he explained on the way to the hospital
Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published on Thursday, 07 May 2026, 23:49 / Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2026 23:56
Fede Valverde, the player from real madridgave a first reaction on the social accounts after today's incident from training with Aurelien Tchouameni. The footballer denied that it was a fight, as the press wrote FROM Spainbut would have accidentally hit a table in the locker room during a more heated discussion.
Fede Valverde was taken to hospital following this incident and will miss El Clasico as the diagnosis is a trauma that will keep him off the pitch for between 10 and 14 days.
Fede Valverde's message after the incident with Aurelien Tchouameni: “At no time did my colleague hit me and neither did I hit him”
“Yesterday I had an incident with a colleague, produced after a phase in training, where the fatigue of the competition and the frustration made everything seem more serious.
In a normal dressing room, things like this can happen and are resolved between us without the audience knowing. Obviously, there is someone behind the scenes here who quickly spread the story, and in a season without trophies, and with Madrid always in the spotlight, everything has been amplified.
Today I had another conflict. During the discussion, I accidentally bumped into a table, which caused a small cut on my forehead, which required a routine visit to the hospital.
At no time did my colleague hit me and neither did I hit him, although I understand that it is easier for you to think that we fought or that it was intentional, but that did not happen.
I feel like my anger at the situation, the frustration of seeing some of us come to the end of the season drained, giving it everything on the field, brought me to the point of arguing with a colleague.
I'm sorry. I am sorry from the bottom of my heart because the situation hurts me, the time we are going through hurts me. Madrid is one of the most important things in my life and I cannot remain indifferent. It's all the result of an accumulation of things that led to a senseless fight that damaged my image and leaves room for doubts, inventions and exaggerations around an accident. I have no doubt that any problems we may have off the pitch disappear when we get on the pitch and if I have to defend the club in the stadium I am the first to do it.
I wasn't going to talk until the end of the season. We were knocked out of the Champions League and I kept my anger and feelings to myself. I wasted another year not being able to post on social media when the only picture I had to offer was the one on the field, and I feel like that's what I did. That's why it hurts and saddens me the most to go through this situation, which prevents me from playing the next game for medical reasons, because I've always gone to the end, to the last consequences, and it hurts me more than anyone to not be able to do that now. I am available to the club and my colleagues to collaborate on any decision they deem necessary. Thank you“, was Fede Valverde's message on social networks.
Following the tests carried out today on our player Fede Valverde by the medical services of the Real Madrid club, he has been diagnosed with a cranio-cerebral trauma.
Valverde is at home in good condition and will need to rest for 10 to 14 days, according to medical protocols for this diagnosis
–the statement from Real Madrid
