{"id":5478,"date":"2026-05-07T23:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5478"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:01:39","slug":"real-madrid-confirm-full-extent-of-federico-valverdes-injuries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5478","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid confirm full extent of Federico Valverde\u2019s injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The midfielder had to attend hospital <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Spanish football giants Real Madrid have provided further details on an injury sustained by midfielder Federico Valverde during a reported training ground altercation with teammate Aurelian Tchouameni on Thursday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The statement reads: &#8220;Following tests carried out today on our player Fede Valverde by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;Valverde is at home in good condition and will have to remain at rest for 10 to 14 days, as indicated by the medical protocols for this diagnosis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Real Madrid break silence on Valverde and Tchouameni fight in strongly worded statement<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Real Madrid have issued a full statement in response to reports of a training ground altercation between first team midfielders Aurelian Tchouameni and Federico Valverde that have taken the sporting world by storm. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Taking to social media, Los Blancos have now formally addressed the situation for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The club&#8217;s statement reads: &#8220;Real Madrid CF announces that, following the events that took place this morning in the first team training session, it has decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouameni.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>&#8220;The club will announce the resolutions of both cases in due course, once the corresponding internal procedures have been completed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Real Madrid star &#8216;knocked unconscious before being taken to hospital&#8217; in training ground bust-up<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On Wednesday, the Athletic reported that Aurelian Tchouameni and Federico Valverde clashed towards the end of a training session, with the disagreement continuing into the dressing rooms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Reporting from Spanish outlet Marca  indicates that the two players have since been involved in a second &#8220;serious incident,&#8221; prompting the club to call for an emergency meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This second incident is said to have been &#8220;much worse.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The latest disagreement between the two is said to have begun when Valverde refused to shake Tchouameni&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The Spanish report, quoted here by The Metro, adds that the situation significantly boiled over, with Valverde suffering &#8220;a heavy blow that caused a cut,&#8221; causing him to have to travel to hospital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p><strong>Best UK betting offers right now &#8211; 18+, BeGambleAware<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><oc-connect-widget slot-id=\"97dDCX3NiPvxFMRHGvaDS\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>While exact details of what transpired between the teammates has yet to be confirmed, initial reporting has indicated the altercation was &#8220;not provoked&#8221; by Tchouameni. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Several teammates were called in to break up the fight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:5\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>A summary of the incident has been given below:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Real #Madrid #confirm #full #extent #Federico #Valverdes #injuries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The midfielder had to attend hospital Spanish football giants Real Madrid have provided further details on an injury sustained by midfielder Federico Valverde during a reported training ground altercation with teammate Aurelian Tchouameni on Thursday. The statement reads: &#8220;Following tests carried out today on our player Fede Valverde by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1998,4199,1461,5629,1418,1373,5631,1399,138,3243,1422,5630],"class_list":{"0":"post-5478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-champions-league","9":"tag-confirm","10":"tag-extent","11":"tag-federico","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-full","14":"tag-injuries","15":"tag-madrid","16":"tag-real","17":"tag-real-madrid","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-valverdes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}