The Barcelona newspaper says it knows who the mole in the dressing room is before El Clasico
Real Madrid players will return to training this morning but the chaos that has engulfed the club in the last 48 hours is not showing anything.
The most famous team in world football is in trouble as one of its players is resting at home after suffering a brain injury during a collision with his teammates, many reports that the players have not spoken to one player for months are leaking all this to the hungry media.
Usually in these situations, the ball itself can clear the clouds but that is unlikely to happen here. What’s next for Madrid? A trip to arch rivals Barcelona,
They skipped this in Catalonia, of course – a video emerged yesterday of Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczesny enjoying a play-off battle in a clear attempt to mock Madrid.
What do we know?
Yesterday afternoon there were reports about the training incident involving Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni. Real Madrid later confirmed that an investigation had been opened and said the Uruguayan was at home after being briefly hospitalized for cranioencephalic trauma, which is a type of seizure.
It is thought that the two had an argument on Wednesday and Tchouameni’s attempt to talk 24 hours later led to another argument.
Star striker Kylian Mbappe was seen leaving the training ground with a big smile. Mbappe’s behavior was again questioned last week after he was spotted on holiday on the Sardinian coast last weekend as he struggles to overcome a hamstring injury. An online petition calling for Madrid to sell the France captain in the summer has now reached almost 46 million people.
An emergency meeting involving club president Florentino Perez, head coach Alvaro Arbeloa and captain Dani Carvajal was reportedly held yesterday evening.
What do the players say?
Chaoumeni has not said anything about his events, but Valverde took to social media last night, insisting that no punches were thrown and that he was injured after falling on a table.
Valverde wrote: “Yesterday I had an incident with a teammate during training.” Fatigue from competition and frustration makes everything seem neglected.
“It is clear that someone is spreading rumours, and since the season does not have titles, when Real Madrid is always under scrutiny, everything is under scrutiny. Today we had another disagreement.
“During the argument, I hit a table by mistake, it hurt my forehead which required frequent visits to the hospital. I have never been hit by my colleague, and I did not hit him either, although I understand that it is easy for you to believe that we came to hit or that it was intentional, but that did not happen.”
Real Madrid are looking for a dressing room mole
Another interesting aspect of the story is that details of the dressing room disagreements are being leaked to the media.
Madrid is said to be looking for information on who the mole is this morning, but the Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo says it is Vinicius Jr.
The Brazilian is known to be close to Arbeloa as he endured a difficult time under his predecessor Xabi Alonso. And Mundo suggests that he is trying to protect Arbeloa by highlighting the problems that exist and showing that it is an impossible dressing room to manage.
Vinicius has only 13 months left on his contract and has yet to sign a new deal despite ongoing negotiations.
So what about Real Madrid?
Madrid will fly to Barcelona tomorrow with eyes on the players, the way they behave, their bodies and the way they work together.
Arbeloa’s list can also give a clue to how you feel. Valverde has already been guided and it seems impossible for Tchouameni to play despite the importance of the game.
There will, no doubt, be a big summer fix. Arbeloa will leave, along with a number of players, including Tchouameni as Perez tries to cement his authority after a year to forget.
