Overview
- Real Madrid opened disciplinary cases and fined Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde €500,000 each with no match bans, leaving both eligible for selection.
- Doctors treated Valverde for a cranial trauma and advised 10 to 14 days of rest, though he said he was not struck and cut his forehead when he hit a table during the dispute.
- Head coach Álvaro Arbeloa said Tchouaméni will be in the traveling group for the Clasico and called the leak of the episode to the press a betrayal.
- Spanish outlets report a fractured dressing room split into two camps and say club leaders are looking for a mole, with prior flare-ups such as the Rüdiger–Carreras incident cited as evidence of a pattern.
- Barcelona will take the league title if it avoids defeat in the Clasico, raising the stakes on Madrid’s response to internal turmoil and selection choices.