Real Madrid fine Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation

BARCELONA: Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown.
But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion.”

Now:

A video has just leaked showing Valverde ASSAULTING Tchouaméni (and vice versa) at Real Madrid’s training center.

The story exploded this week: during this Thursday morning’s (07/05) training session at Valdebebas, Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni — two key… pic.twitter.com/Zvd5nxpJnF

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His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player.
The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club were enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said their disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a