Real Madrid punish Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni with huge fine

Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde were involved in a fight during training on Thursday (Getty)

Real Madrid have punished Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni with a €500,000 (£432,100) fine each after the training ground fight this week.

Valverde was sent to hospital on Thursday after he clashed with Tchouameni in the dressing room following a dispute during the training session.

A statement from Madrid on Friday read: Real Madrid C. F. announces that, following the events that led to the disciplinary proceedings initiated yesterday against our players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni, both appeared today before the investigator assigned to the case.

During their appearance, the players expressed their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to each other.

Furthermore, they extended their apologies to the club, their teammates, the coaching staff, and the fans, and both have made themselves available to Real Madrid to accept whatever sanction the club deems appropriate.

Under these circumstances, Real Madrid has decided to impose a financial penalty of five hundred thousand euros on each player, thereby concluding the corresponding internal procedures.

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