Real Madrid fine Valverde Tchouaméni fined €500K each after fight

Real Madrid have imposed fines of €500,000 each on Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni following their explosive bust-up at the training ground on Thursday

The two got into a fight at the end of a training session and the alteraction led to Valverde being taken to the hospital with a cut on his forehead. He was subsequently diagnosed with a "cranioencephalic trauma" and has been ruled out of this weekend's Clásico against Barcelona.

Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. He said he hit a table during the encounter, sustaining a small cut that required a visit to the hospital. The fight came just a day after another incident on the previous day, and Madrid had announced disciplinary proceedings had been begun into the two players.

"During the appearance, the players expressed their deep regret for what happened and apologized to each other. They have also apologized 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," the LaLiga club and the 15-time European champions said in a statement on Friday.

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

Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday. Madrid have to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion. Valverde was not at practice as he recovers from the head knock.