Fede Valverde breaks the silence and gives his version of the situation. If the Uruguayan acknowledges an incident with a teammate (Tchouaméni), he assures that the Frenchman did not hit him.
Fede Valverde’s press release:
“Yesterday, I had an incident with a teammate during a training exercise, in a context where the fatigue of the competition and the frustration make everything amplified.
In a normal locker room, these things can happen and are resolved between us without it being known. Obviously, there is someone behind it who will quickly spread the story, and with a season without a title where Madrid is still in the sights, everything takes on disproportionate proportions.
Today we had a new disagreement. During the altercation, I accidentally hit a table, which caused a small cut on my forehead requiring a protocol visit to the hospital.
At no time did my teammate hit me, and neither did I. I understand that it’s easier for you to believe that someone hit you or that it was intentional, but that’s not what happened.
I regret that my anger at the situation, my frustration at seeing that some of us arrive at the end of the season on our knees, with our souls in tatters, led me to argue with a teammate.
I’m sorry. Sincerely sorry, because this situation hurts me, because this moment we are going through hurts me. Real Madrid is one of the most important things in my life and I cannot remain indifferent. All this is the result of an accumulation of things which ends in an absurd argument which harms my image, leaving the field open to those who invent, defame and embroider around an accident. I have no doubt that the friction we may have off the field ceases to exist on the field, and if I have to defend him in a stadium, I will be the first to do so.
I didn’t intend to speak out until the end of the season, we were knocked out of the Champions League and I kept my anger and bitterness to myself. We wasted another year and I wasn’t in the mood to post on social media when the only face I had to show was on the field and I think I did that. This is why I am the one that this situation affects and saddens the most, because it prevents me from playing the next match for medical reasons. I have always given everything to the end, to the last consequences, and not being able to do that hurts me more than anyone else. I am available to the club and my teammates to collaborate on any decision they deem necessary.
Merci”
