Overview
- Real Madrid concluded its internal case by issuing €500,000 fines to Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni after a club investigation in which both players expressed remorse and apologized.
- Following Thursday’s confrontation that began in training and continued in the dressing room, Valverde suffered a head trauma after striking a table and was taken for hospital checks before being sent home.
- Club medical staff ruled Valverde out for 10–14 days under head‑injury protocol, which means he will miss Sunday’s El Clásico against Barcelona.
- The club opened disciplinary proceedings and convened an emergency meeting with senior officials to calm tensions in a squad described by multiple reports as divided and leaking internal disputes.
- Madrid said the penalties are financial only, with no sporting bans, as the team faces a second straight trophyless season and Barcelona poised to clinch LaLiga with a positive result in the rivalry match.