Real Madrid captain Federico Valverde addresses serious Aurelien Tchouameni "incident" as Los Blancos release two statements with 'traumatic brain injury' confirmed

Real Madrid person revealed that Federico Valverde volition miss the adjacent 10 to 14 days arsenic a effect of the traumatic encephalon injury that helium suffered connected Thursday.

Valverde had an altercation with teammate Aurelien Tchouameni connected Wednesday, and the concern remained unresolved heading into Thursday, which resulted successful the 2 clashing successful the dressing country astatine the extremity of the club's grooming session.

During the 'fight', Valverde suffered a caput wounded which led to him visiting hospital, and Real Madrid person present confirmed that the Uruguay planetary volition walk 10 to 14 days connected the sidelines recovering.

"After the tests carried retired contiguous connected our subordinate Fede Valverde by the Real Madrid Medical Services, helium has been diagnosed with a cranioencephalic trauma," work a statement.

"Valverde is astatine location successful bully information and volition request to remainder for 10 to 14 days, arsenic indicated by aesculapian protocols for this diagnosis."

Real Madrid midfield brace Valverde, Tchouameni person clashed doubly successful the past 2 days

Valverde has since taken to societal media to code the incident.

“Yesterday I had an incidental with a teammate during a grooming session. The fatigue from contention and the vexation made everything look blown retired of proportion," helium posted connected his authoritative account.

“In a mean locker room, these things tin hap and are usually resolved internally without it becoming each public. Clearly, idiosyncratic present is spreading rumours, and with a play without titles, wherever Real Madrid is ever nether scrutiny, everything gets blown retired of proportion.

“Today we had different disagreement. During the argument, I accidentally deed a table, causing a tiny chopped connected my forehead that required a regular sojourn to the hospital.

"At nary constituent did my teammate deed me, I didn’t deed him either. I consciousness that my choler astir the situation, vexation astatine seeing immoderate of america struggling to get done extremity of season, giving it our all, pushed maine to the constituent of arguing with a teammate.

Valverde "truly sorry" for training-ground incident

“I’m sorry. I’m genuinely atrocious due to the fact that this concern hurts me, this infinitesimal we’re going done is painful.

"Real Madrid is 1 of the astir important things successful my beingness and I can’t beryllium indifferent to it. The effect is accumulation of things that culminate successful a senseless fight, damaging my representation and leaving country for uncertainty that they volition adhd substance to the occurrence of an accident.

"I wasn’t going to talk retired until the extremity of the season. We were eliminated from the Champions League, and I kept my choler and resentment to myself.

"We’ve wasted different year, and I wasn’t successful a presumption to beryllium posting connected societal media erstwhile the lone look I had to amusement was connected the field, and I consciousness that’s what I did.

"That’s wherefore I’m the 1 who’s astir saddened and pained to beryllium going done this concern that prevents maine from playing the adjacent lucifer owed to aesculapian decisions.

"I ever gave it my all, to the precise end, and it hurts maine much than anyone not to beryllium capable to bash so. I americium disposable to the nine and my teammates to collaborate connected immoderate determination they deem necessary. Thank you."

Real Madrid corroborate "disciplinary proceedings" against Tchouameni, Valverde

Real Madrid person besides revealed that that disciplinary proceedings person been opened against Tchouameni and Valverde.

"Real Madrid CF announces that, pursuing the events that took spot this greeting successful the archetypal squad grooming session, it has decided to unfastened disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouameni,” read a statement.

“The nine volition denote the resolutions of some cases successful owed course, erstwhile the corresponding interior procedures person been completed.”

Tchouameni is besides expected to beryllium retired El Clasico connected Sunday night, and his engagement for the remainder of the run is successful doubt.

Real Madrid are 2nd successful the La Liga table, 11 points down the leaders Barcelona, with the Catalan outfit needing conscionable a constituent connected Sunday to beryllium confirmed arsenic champions erstwhile again.