{"id":572791,"date":"2026-05-08T10:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572791\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:47:09","slug":"leaked-dms-from-tchouameni-detail-valverde-fight-after-traumatic-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572791\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Leaked DMs’ from Tchouameni detail Valverde ‘fight’ after ‘traumatic brain injury’"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Federico Valverde released an extraordinary 425-word statement after being hospitalised with a \u2018traumatic brain injury\u2019 supposed \u2018leaked DMs\u2019 from Aurelian Tchouameni have given his side of the story of the training ground fight.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been quite the week of chaos at Real Madrid\u2019s Valdebebas training base, as\u00a0a report from The Athletic on Wednesday<\/a> revealed \u2018tensions have risen\u2019 at Real Madrid ahead of El Clasico on Sunday.<\/p>\n

According to the report, there have been multiple \u2018flashpoints\u2019 ahead of the Barcelona match, with ex-Chelsea centre-back Antonio Rudiger involved in a \u2018heated argument with another first-team player in the dressing rooms at Real Madrid\u2019s training ground in April\u2019 and this was \u2018instigated\u2019 by the veteran defender.<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbappe is also said to have clashed with one of Real Madrid\u2019s coaches, speaking angrily to and insulting a member of Arbeloa\u2019s team who had flagged him offside in a training game.<\/p>\n

Marca then revealed on Thursday<\/a> that a training ground \u2018fight\u2019 between Tchouameni and Valverde ended with the latter in hospital as several players told the Spanish outlet that the incident was \u2018the most serious ever experienced in Valdebebas\u2019.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid later confirmed Valverde suffered a \u2018traumatic brain injury\u2019 in a statement to the press but is now now \u2018good condition at home\u2019.<\/p>\n

In his own statement, Valverde detailed his \u2018anger\u2019 which led to the incident but confirmed that \u2018at no point has my teammate hit me, nor have I hit him\u2019, instead revealing that he \u2018accidentally hit a table\u2019 during the altercation.<\/p>\n

And now X user @AQABABE has posted<\/a> what they claim to be DMs from Aurelian Tchouameni revealing his take on the incident.<\/p>\n

A series of messages were as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething happened, but I can\u2019t say anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told you nothing happened yesterday in the sense that there wasn\u2019t a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t punch him, that\u2019s not true. That\u2019s all I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHis head hit the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Valverde statement<\/p>\n

\u2018Yesterday I had an incident with a teammate as a result of a play during training, where the fatigue from competition and frustration make everything bigger than it is.<\/p>\n

\u2018In a normal locker room, these things can happen and are resolved among ourselves without becoming public. Obviously here there is someone behind all this who rushed to tell the story, added to a season without titles where Madrid is always the center of attention and everything gets magnified.<\/p>\n

\u2018Today we had another disagreement. During the argument I accidentally hit a table, causing myself a small cut on my forehead that required a routine visit to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\u2018At no point has my teammate hit me, nor have I hit him, although I understand that for you it may have been easier to believe that we beat each other up or that it was intentional, but that did not happen.
I feel that my anger about the situation, my frustration at seeing that some of us are reaching the end of the season running on our last bit of energy, breaking ourselves mentally, led me to the point of arguing with a teammate.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m truly sorry because the situation hurts me, the moment we are going through hurts me. Madrid is one of the most important things in my life and I can\u2019t stay indifferent. The result is an accumulation of things that end up in a meaningless argument, damaging my image and leaving room for people to invent, slander, and exaggerate an accident, which I have no doubt about. Any clashes we may have on the pitch stop existing once we step off it, and if I have to defend him inside a stadium, I\u2019ll be the first to do so.<\/p>\n

\u2018I wasn\u2019t going to speak until the end of the season. We were eliminated from the Champions League and I kept my anger and resentment to myself. We wasted another year and I didn\u2019t feel like making posts on social media when the only face I had to show was on the pitch, and I feel that\u2019s what I did. That\u2019s why it pains and saddens me the most to go through this situation, which prevents me from playing the next match due to medical decisions, because I have always gone until the end, to the very last consequences, and it hurts me more than anyone not to be able to do so. I am at the club\u2019s and my teammates\u2019 disposal to cooperate with any decision they consider necessary.<\/p>\n

\u2018Thank you\u2019<\/p>\n

In a later statement Real Madrid confirmed that they have \u2018decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouameni\u2019.<\/p>\n

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