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Real Madrid\u2019s simmering tensions have spilled over \u2060with Federico Valverde and \u2060Frenchman Aurelien Tchouameni involved in a dressing room fight, which resulted in the Uruguayan being taken to hospital with a cut head, several club sources have said.<\/p>\n
Real later confirmed that team captain Valverde, who \u2060was subsequently discharged, sustained a head injury and will be sidelined for up to two weeks.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFollowing tests carried out today on our player Fede Valverde by Real Madrid\u2019s medical team, he has been diagnosed with a \u2060head trauma,\u201d the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cValverde is at home and in good condition; he will need to rest for between 10 and 14 days, in line with medical protocols for this diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n
The incident unfolded at the club\u2019s Valdebebas training ground the day after an earlier altercation between the pair.<\/p>\n
A Real Madrid spokesperson told the Reuters news agency \u200che would not comment on what happens inside the changing room, but the club later said disciplinary proceedings have been opened against both players.<\/p>\n
\u201cReal Madrid announces that, following the incidents that took place this morning during the first team training session, it has decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni,\u201d a statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club will announce the outcomes of both cases in due course, once the relevant internal procedures have been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Valverde is a key midfielder for Uruguay, which will play in Group H at the World Cup. Uruguay\u2019s first game is against Saudi Arabia on June 15.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old later posted a statement on social media apologising to the club and its supporters, but denied that things got out of hand with a teammate, saying that during \u201can argument\u201d he had \u201caccidentally knocked over a table\u201d.<\/p>\n
There was no reported injury to Tchouameni, a 26-year-old French international.<\/p>\n
The gravity of the episode prompted an emergency meeting attended by senior club officials, with no players leaving the training ground for more than an hour.<\/p>\n
The aim was to \u2060try to halt an escalation of tensions that has left nerves frayed and the squad divided at a sensitive moment for the team.<\/p>\n
The unrest follows another \u2060flashpoint earlier this week when defender Alvaro Carreras acknowledged he had \u2060been involved in a heated argument with a teammate but insisted it was \u201ca one-off incident of no significance that has been resolved\u201d after Spanish media reported an alleged incident between him and the club\u2019s German defender Antonio Ruediger.<\/p>\n
Madrid\u2019s season has unravelled on multiple fronts. \u200cManager Xabi Alonso was sacked midway through the campaign, and his successor Alvaro Arbeloa has been unable to prevent the team sliding towards a second successive year without a trophy.<\/p>\n
Following a Champions League quarterfinal exit \u200cto \u200cBayern Munich, Real trail La Liga leaders Barcelona by 11 points with four matches remaining. The sides meet at the Camp Nou on Sunday in a Clasico that could seal the title for the Catalans.<\/p>\n