{"id":51540,"date":"2026-05-08T00:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51540"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:20:04","slug":"real-madrid-confirm-disciplinary-proceedings-on-valverde-and-tchouameni-ahead-of-el-clasico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/real-madrid-confirm-disciplinary-proceedings-on-valverde-and-tchouameni-ahead-of-el-clasico\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid confirm disciplinary proceedings on Valverde and Tchouam\u00e9ni ahead of El Cl\u00e1sico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Real Madrid have taken formal action following the heated altercation between midfielders <strong>Federico Valverde<\/strong> and <strong>Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni<\/strong>, confirming they have launched disciplinary proceedings against both players.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Full Real Madrid Statement<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cReal Madrid announce that, following the events that took place this morning, the club has decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Fede Valverde & Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni. The club will announce the outcome of both cases in due course, once the corresponding internal procedures have been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Background: What Led to the Disciplinary Action?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The club\u2019s decision comes after two consecutive days of tension at the Valdebebas training ground:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>A strong challenge during training sparked an argument between the pair on Wednesday.<\/li>\n<li>The situation escalated on Thursday morning, with reports of Valverde refusing a handshake, followed by a more serious physical confrontation in the dressing room.<\/li>\n<li>Valverde was reportedly taken to hospital after sustaining a head injury requiring stitches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The incidents have highlighted growing frustrations within the squad amid a challenging season.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Impact on El Cl\u00e1sico and Squad<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">With El Cl\u00e1sico against Barcelona just days away, the disciplinary proceedings raise serious questions about the availability of two key midfielders. Both Valverde and Tchouam\u00e9ni were widely expected to feature prominently, and their potential absence represents a major blow to Real Madrid\u2019s options in a match of huge importance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The club is investigating the full circumstances, and sanctions could range from fines to internal suspensions. Outcomes will be communicated once the internal process concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid have taken formal action following the heated altercation between midfielders Federico Valverde and Aur\u00e9lien Tchouam\u00e9ni, confirming they have\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-51540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51542,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51540\/revisions\/51542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}