Álvaro Arbeloa appeared before the press on the eve of tomorrow’s Clásico against Barcelona and in the midst of an unprecedented dressing-room crisis at Real Madrid.
The first-team coach gave his version of the altercation between Valverde and Tchouameni, who were disciplined and fined by the club. “I am very proud of the club’s firmness, speed and transparency. And then, of the fact that the players acknowledged their mistake, expressed their regret and apologized. For me, that is enough,” he said.
“Valverde and Tchouameni deserve for us to turn the page, to give them a chance to keep fighting for this club. I am very proud of them. I am not going to allow this to be used to cast doubt on their professionalism: it is a lie that they are not professionals, that they have disrespected me… it is absolutely untrue,” he stressed.
Arbeloa also denied reports about his problems with some players, such as Carvajal. “It is a lie that any of them is not playing because of problems with me, or because of their life outside Real Madrid. I am the first person responsible for the season probably not being up to standard. But I have been here for four months and I am very proud of my players.”
“What I am not going to do is burn them (the players) at a public stake, because they do not deserve it,” Arbeloa stressed, while also stating that he sees “a healthy dressing room.”
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