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Federico Valverde could leave Real Madrid after a dressing room fight with Aurelien Tchouameni that sent Valverde to the hospital.

Real Madrid faces more controversies every day, and just when we thought the case of Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde had been resolved, the media now indicates that the latter could leave the club.

The drama between the two players broke out in the dressing room, in a fight that apparently started without malice, and, according to the official report Real Madrid issued after this information came to light, Valverde ended up in the hospital.

The club also reported that both players would be sanctioned without exception, in addition to paying 500,000 euros to each player, and both apologized to the staff, teammates, and fans.

Real Madrid also opened an investigation file to determine how the confrontation started, and, according to sources gathered by SPORT, all of Valverde's teammates pointed to him.

Apparently, one day earlier, both players had already had a run-in, and, not satisfied with that, the Uruguayan decided to add more fuel to the fire by refusing to shake the Frenchman's hand the next day and blaming him for leaking information from the previous day's argument.

Given this, things escalated to such a point that Tchouameni knocked him out with a right hook, a blow that led to a wound on Valverde's forehead when he fell and hit a table.

"It was Valverde who provoked the incident, and he is not the first one to star in one. In fact, more than one person has been happy with the outcome," a soccer player assured.

The club's president, Florentino Perez, also spoke about this case in a recent press conference, expressing that although what both did was very wrong, what worries him most is the leak about the fight.

"For me, the leak is worse because it implies that there is something more than the fight, that the next day nothing happens, they are friends and they go for a coffee. In my 26 years of history (as president), it is the first time I have seen it. And that also worries me."

All this drama has put the fans on alert, as everything indicates that the future of Real Madrid's midfielder may be numbered, as this mistake will cost him dearly.

For many, Federico Valverde is not a player who cannot be replaced, and added to his bad attitude in this case, and others that have already arisen on his part, a transfer to another club does not seem totally crazy.

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