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Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde has commented on reports of a fight with teammate Aurelien Chouman during morning training.
"Yesterday during training, I had an incident with a teammate. The fatigue and frustration from the competition led to everything going too far." In a normal locker room, such things happen and are usually resolved within the team without becoming public knowledge.
It's obvious that someone is spreading rumors here, and since Real Madrid is constantly in the spotlight and the season is a non-title one, everything is being exaggerated.
Today we had another misunderstanding. During an argument, I accidentally bumped into the table, resulting in a small wound on my forehead, which forced me to go to the hospital regularly.
My teammate didn't hit me, and I didn't hit him, although I understand that it's easier to believe that we got into a fight or that it was intentional, but that's not what happened.
I think my anger at the situation, for some of us who were struggling to play at 100% towards the end of the season, led me to argue with my teammate.
I'm sorry. I'm sincerely sorry because this situation hurts me, this moment we're living is painful. Real Madrid is one of the most important things in my life and I can't be indifferent to it. As a result, so much has accumulated that it has led to a pointless argument, damaging my image and leaving room for suspicions that will turn into fabricated stories, slander and add fuel to the fire of the accident.
"I wasn't going to speak out until the end of the season. We were eliminated from the Champions League and I kept my anger and frustration to myself. We wasted another year and I couldn't post on social media when the only thing I could show was the pitch. That's why I'm the one who's most sad and hurt by this situation, which prevents me from playing the next game due to medical decisions. I've always given everything, until the end, and it hurts me more than anyone that I can't do that. I'm ready to collaborate with the club and my teammates, making any decision they deem necessary," Valverde wrote on his social media page.