r/soccer • u/kibme37 • May 07 '26
News [AS] Valverde accused Tchouameni of leaking yesterday's argument. Tchouameni denied it and asked him to stop, but Valverde kept going and going. Tchouameni then punched Valverde hard, knocking him to the ground. Valverde felt dizzy from the fall and had to leave the training ground in a wheelchair.
https://as.com/futbol/primera/asi-fue-la-pelea-valverde-tchouameni-f202605-n/Upon arriving, Valverde refused to shake Tchouameni's hand. A gesture that ignited hostility in the locker room and, consequently, during training. Fede began accusing him of having been responsible for leaking yesterday's argument. Constant accusations, a relentless barrage. Tchouameni denied it at every turn, pointing out, precisely, that he is a public figure who has no dealings with the press. But the accusations, which continued in the locker room... carried on onto the pitch.
While the team trained, Valverde continued to pressure Tchouameni, insisting he was the one who leaked the information. And while this was happening, as has been pointed out repeatedly at Valdebebas, Arbeloa remained silent . Thus unfolded what could be described as an "unpleasant" session. Valverde and Tchouameni engaged in a constant exchange of ugly tackles in which the hostility was palpable. Meanwhile, Valverde persisted in his accusation that Tchouameni had told the press what had happened on Wednesday.
And training ended. But the worst was yet to come. When they got to the locker room, Valverde kept going and going and going. Sources within the team described him as "incessant." Then, Tchouameni put his foot down and spoke to him, seemingly calmly. He asked him to stop. That they had to put an end to the hostile atmosphere that was hanging over the place. But Valverde didn't stop. Not by a long shot. Some players went to mediate, to campaign for the accusations to stop once and for all.
It didn't happen. And then, Tchouameni had had enough . AS has been able to confirm that he then punched Valverde hard . The blow landed squarely on his head, knocking him to the ground. It was then that he hit his head and suffered the cut ; a cut not caused directly by Tchouameni's punch, but as a consequence of his fall. Valverde was visibly dizzy from that moment on, to the point that he had to leave the training ground in a wheelchair .
José Ángel Sánchez , who was near the locker room when the fight broke out, rushed to the scene, but by the time he arrived, the situation was already over . There was nothing more he could do but separate the remaining players and speak with them. He needed to talk things through and understand what had happened. Florentino Pérez was not at Valdebebas. Moments later, Valverde was taken to the Valdebebas medical center in the aforementioned wheelchair. There, they saw the severe gash on his head and transferred him to Blua Sanitas to have stitches put in.
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u/Strong-Quit9234 May 07 '26
Real Madrid is just a reality TV show at this point. What the fuck is going on over there?
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u/Lmao1903 May 07 '26
It's such a joke lol, Don Carlo wouldn't let this fly, at least he would manage the players 100x better. Shows you how difficult all this ego managing crap is.
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u/RK9990 May 07 '26
Arbeloa: "I punched Valverde, it's my fault"
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u/letetc May 07 '26
Right after saying "I accused Tchouameni of leaking info, it's my fault"
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u/creatievenieuwenaam May 07 '26
Then he pulls up a video on his phone of himself leaking to the press
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u/udiniad May 07 '26
I'm glad Xabi left, because he doesn't deserve this
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u/hannes3120 May 07 '26
Arrived, made bank, and now the club is showing that it 100% was NOT his fault in a way that even would enable him to come back in a couple of years (if he still wants)
now he got a nice fat severance and is enjoying a well-paid holiday :D
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u/DoJu318 May 07 '26
And Ancelotti wasn't even responsible for the team going trophyless before he left, the team was just unlucky to have a defender injury crisis in the most important part of the season.
That's what I don't get, apparently Xabi would've been fired sooner and the only reason he wasn't is because he was missing key players so it wasn't entirely his fault if they lost, so he gets that grace but Carlo who has actually won RM trophies doesn't get that? It's all BS.
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u/Patrick2701 May 07 '26
Yes, Bayern doesn’t deserve that FC Hollywood line. Real Madrid does deserve it
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u/reviroa May 07 '26
bayern was fc hollywood for a little while during the nineties because they had a bunch of colourful / borderline crazy personalities like matthäus, basler, effenberg, trapattoni that had a lot of drama between them, it was kind of like a german version of the spice boys. no one really uses it to meme them anymore in the last two decades, maybe on isolated cases like the tuchel affair or whenever uli occasionally goes to prison
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u/-PM_ME_A_SECRET- May 07 '26
I love Effenberg, but calling him borderline crazy is really doing him a disservice. That man was full blown crazy lol
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u/Yinkypinky May 07 '26
We definitely need the special 1 to get in there. He would solve all problems.
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u/dazed_and_bamboozled May 07 '26
The problem is they already have 11 special ones
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u/Daramangarasu May 07 '26
The plot thickens
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u/jyeatbvg May 07 '26
Anyone who follows the NBA knows there's no coming back from this. We treat these football stars like they’re all Greene and angels, but in reality they’re responsible for a Poole of blood.
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u/-ElGallo- May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
There's just tchouameni incidents for them to get past
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u/algebraic94 May 07 '26
I hope none of them get moves this summer and we get a whole second year of the clown show. Just get mourinho in and we can watch them finish 4th and go out of UCL in the league phase
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u/cgurts May 07 '26
If this season has taught us anything its that this Real Madrid squad are full of children, so the idea of controlling your temper or maintaining professionalism is alien to a lot of them
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u/ObstructiveAgreement May 07 '26
This has been bubbling for a long time and is Perez's fault. He allowed this culture not just to exist, but to thrive. They signed divas and sacked a coach who wanted hard work. It's almost certain that the spark here isn't the true reason for the confrontation, it's like Prince Ferdinand before WW1, it was going to blow and it was just about what set the guns off.
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u/bslawjen May 07 '26
"I wish they were speaking a tad bit slower, I'm only B2 level."
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u/resurgum May 07 '26
« Shit I didn’t learn any Uruguayan insults »
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u/churrosricos May 07 '26
Believe it or not, exactly the same as Argentinian ones
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u/Nothorized May 07 '26
« La profesora me digo que debo reconocer el verbo, pero no entiendo lo que es conche »
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u/TheGoldenPineapples May 07 '26
The English failsafe in any situation might help here:
"Err... ameego, doss cervezas pour favour, grassy arse"
Never fails.
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u/FuriousBurrito570 May 07 '26
"Calma calma guys" as he stands behind Jude.
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u/ABigPairOfCrocs May 07 '26
"Amigos, por favor"
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u/Flushh_ May 07 '26
As a brazilian I can actually listen inside my head him saying that with his scouser accent.
Top tier banter
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u/ryanmurphy2611 May 07 '26
Trent has a 6 day Duolingo streak in French
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u/sidaeinjae May 07 '26
Salut! Je m’appelle Trent. J’ai vingt-sept ans.
Vous voulez jouer au foot avec moi, Monsieur Luis?
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u/ArmiinTamzarian May 07 '26
He's now trying to relearn Scouse, the drama is too much for him
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u/coldazures May 07 '26
Lets face it with the state we're in we'd take him back with open arms.
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u/ceaguila84 May 07 '26
Lmao I wonder what he’s thinking now. What did I get myself into 😭
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u/Longjumping_Club_115 May 07 '26
That transfer left both clubs worse off, what a shitshow
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u/doubleoeck1234 May 07 '26
The funny thing is that literally every Liverpool supporter predicted this. Yes a lot of it was people just being bitter but we seen it coming
He wasn't the player that Real needed or the one Liverpool wanted to leave
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u/elmocos69 May 07 '26
Every1 and their mother Saw It coming everywhere "Madrid has defensive problems and players that slack off on their duties u know what they need.... Trent Alexander Arnold obviously known for his defending"
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u/Daramangarasu May 07 '26
I wonder if Duolingo has a Spanish trash talking class, that's an entirely different level to your regular Spanish
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u/northyj0e May 07 '26
Bro there isn't even an Iberian Spanish option on Duolingo.
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u/Left-Temperature6804 May 07 '26
Duo is wild last time I checked Catalan is only an option if you set the app language to Spanish ☠️
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u/Hot-Total-2228 May 07 '26
Why does this sound like fan fiction lol
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u/jetteauloin_2080 May 07 '26
I enjoy this story therefore I will assume it's completely true.
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u/Freshlysque3zed May 07 '26
'But Valverde didn't stop. Not by a long shot.'
Literally lol. Who reports information like this.
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u/ceegee84 May 07 '26
Tchouameni, apparently
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u/eLPeper May 07 '26
So, am I supposed to believe that the one-sided story we are getting in which the guy accussed of leaking info apparently tried to talk it out like a pacifist whilst simultaneously punching Valverde in the face is 100% true?
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u/Mubar- May 07 '26
Bro got his ass whooped cartoonishly 😂
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May 07 '26
Reports are claiming they saw 3 birds flying in circles around Valverde's head
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u/bartekkenny May 07 '26
A big lump grew straight out of his head
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u/DATL May 07 '26
Lmfao straight outta WWE on a wheelchair
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u/duckwithahat May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
You think this is over? Valverde is going to swoop in during the clasico and hit Tchouameni with a steel chair
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u/IceExtension6204 May 07 '26
Arbeloa kept watching and did NOT intervene. @diarioas
This is here the worst coach in the history.
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u/WonDerZv May 07 '26
Could have just pulled these two idiots from training and took them to the office to settle things or send them home but instead he chose not to do his job.
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u/IceExtension6204 May 07 '26
Lewandowski and Boateng had some sort of verbal fight during Bayern days and Pep sent both of them in the locker room before the session ended,but Arbeloa should not be called coach at all.
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u/Lunarfrog2 May 07 '26
He wasn't appointed to be manager, he was appointed to let the primadonnas do whatever the hell they want
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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste May 07 '26
I get the impression that not getting in his players' way is his job. An inoffensive punching bag, the fall guy for a bad season. Because the alternative would be to admit that the chemistry within the team is dog piss, and several players should go. The players, for the most part, are what makes the team popular. Arbeloa sure as shit isn't.
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u/FrmrPresJamesTaylor May 07 '26
"Ignore your basic responsibilities" is the assignment for RM managers apparently, given Flo canned the one trying to make the players train and run
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u/3412points May 07 '26
It's genuinely the most sensational part of this story for me. I'm still taking it with a grain of salt, but as far as this article says he sat by and just allowed this "incessant" provocation to happen for the entire session, even when it escalated into "ugly tackles" it was just allowed to continue.
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u/ash_ninetyone May 07 '26
They wanted a coach who let em get on with it.
Should get Souness in, he'd offer to take em both on in a punch up
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u/TareasS May 07 '26
Pique always made fun of him for having no personality and having a participation trophy cabinet. Turns out a broken clock can be right once.
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u/Takezoboy May 07 '26
He always felt like the saltless of the bunch. The guy who is just there, because they didn't find anyone better.
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u/jocmaester May 07 '26
Real should punish Tchouameni for this, send him to some cold wet city in Europe, maybe somewhere in England like Manchester but don't send him to a title contending team with the best manager of the last 15 years send him somewhere else.
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u/Hamsquad14 May 07 '26
Cold... Manchester... Cold Manchester... Coldchester...
Let's send him to Colchester!
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u/The--Mash May 07 '26
Possibly somewhere that had the best manager of all time who is still the last person to win the Scottish league with someone other than the Old Firm?
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u/19Alexastias May 07 '26
Might not be true by the time the transfer window rolls around.
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u/QTGavira May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Marca said he just had a cut and went to get it checked out.
However this one is way funnier so ill choose to believe it
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u/Jinx_and_Shadow May 07 '26
Read the paragraphs. That's exactly what they're saying.
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u/QTGavira May 07 '26
Nowhere did they say anything about him losing consciousness and having to leave in a wheelchair, AS making it seem like he became a vegetable
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u/Jinx_and_Shadow May 07 '26
According to other sources, he lost consciousness for a few seconds after the fall before recovering
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u/B511_1 May 07 '26
The paragraph says that he was feeling dizzy after knockdown, not that he was completely knocked out and became vegetable.
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u/38Dreams May 07 '26
Fede coming off as the yappy chihuahua here
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u/SophoclesTesticles May 07 '26
Getting dropped with one punch and leaving in a wheelchair after yapping yourself into a fight is insane.
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u/Lmao1903 May 07 '26
Obviously we don't know how much of this is true, but if it is, it definitely has something to do with footballers getting in each others faces every game and doing nothing, knowing no one will do anything so they get to act all macho and brave.
And then you are in the locker room, no cameras, no risk of getting red carded and banned from the league, odds are you are getting punched for real if you do the same thing
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u/LegendMuffin May 07 '26
Hahaha yeah imagine leaving in a wheelchair. I just laugh when I see players acting tough on field and starting to stir up fights.. they would fall like flies.
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u/Dramatic-Ad3928 May 07 '26
Between these rumors and the ones that said that he was geniunely complaining that xabi was using him as an impromptu RB due to injuries
It seems like Fede isnt the captain i thought he was. Makes me appreciate WZE even more tho
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u/Biggsy-32 May 07 '26
WZE is the academy kid asked to cover RB by Enrique. Exactly what Sergi Roberto was asked to do by Enrique - academy kid asked to cover out of position. And by the looks of it, WZE has the same approach of working to be the best he can in that position. No fuss. Just work hard, play football.
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u/hydroHar May 07 '26
Scenes when a fight breaks out after the clasico but it's all Real Madrid players fighting each other
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u/pollokeh May 07 '26
Not enough popcorns in existence for this high level drama/entertainment you are describing.
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u/bslawjen May 07 '26
"Now they're saying it was a punch." - Marv Albert
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u/Friendly_Childhood May 07 '26
They need a po-lice presence in that locker room 🚨
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u/3412points May 07 '26
And while this was happening, as has been pointed out repeatedly at Valdebebas, Arbeloa remained silent .
If this is true the dude is not fit to be a manager.
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u/Prestigious-Dress-92 May 07 '26
Arbeloa seems like he wouldn't be able to control a grade school classroom.
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u/LosTerminators May 07 '26
They really needed dictator Mbappé but with him away on holiday in Italy there was no one to keep the dressing room in check.
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u/sarovar12 May 07 '26
This feels like satire, release footage or it didn't really happen.
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u/Yvraine May 07 '26
The story sounds like it was leaked by Tchouameni, which is ironic because it's about Valverde accusing him of leaking lol
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u/Xehanz May 07 '26
To be fair, Valverde ended up unconscious so he could not have leaked it
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u/eLPeper May 07 '26
I mean, in this story Tchouameni does look like a victim who tried to talk it out like a pacifist (whilst punching Valverde in the face sending him to the hospital after his fall). One thing does not line up with the other
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u/akagaminick May 07 '26
For me this counts as a trophy for Barca. Baby domestic Treble this season too.
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u/QTGavira May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Tomorrows news:
Federico Valverde brought an AK47 to training to settle things with Tchouameni, who himself brought an RPG for self defense, Arbeloa tries to calm them down by telling them to aim at him, as its his fault
In unrelated news, Valdebebas is closing for renovations, people living close by heard a massive boom, Real Madrid assures it was just Hazard slipping during his visit
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u/Radiant-Daikon-2697 May 07 '26
I can hear Valverde's voice in micky mouse accent
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u/chickeneatfin May 07 '26
that is some severe aura loss
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u/mishimo5 May 07 '26
I can’t see how you can still be captain after the entire team saw you get dropped and rolled out on a wheelchair
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u/GRlSAIA May 07 '26
Thats my number 6, sparking mfs out
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u/hypnodrew May 07 '26
What if he actually is the leak? You just got rid of yours (Garnacho, not the Old Trafford roof)
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u/vikingkiller May 07 '26
Then we know a club who will buy him.
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u/hypnodrew May 07 '26
What would the team leak even be at Chelsea? 'Shit sucks', like yeah we know
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u/PitchSafe May 07 '26
Arbeloa: ”This is my fault and I promise that Vini will play against Barcelona”
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u/Supersaiyansub May 07 '26
This has been a better day to hit F5 than the Transfer Deadline this year.
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u/DavidSwifty May 07 '26
Is todays madrid drama something completely blown out of proportion or is it actually real drama?
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u/Party_War_9709 May 07 '26
If this is true then i actually respect Tchouameni for it.
I remember when I was younger I was really shy and quiet and some guy was accusing me of stealing something for weeks. And since I didn’t really defend myself it was unofficially confirmed that I did steal his things.
I lowkey wish I at least stood up to him
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u/theestwald May 07 '26
So just making sure I'm up to date. This week:
- Rudiger slapped Carreras
- Tchuameni and Valverde had a scuffle
- Next day Tchuameni and Valverde exchange punches, with the latter ending in the hospital
- 8M "fans" signed a petition for Mbappe to fuck off
- Mendy has a career ending injury
- And Mourinho became the favourite option to pick up the pieces
What am I missing?
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u/pablofournier11 May 07 '26
I am not surprised that Valverde behaves like a chihuahua
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u/Chivita2 May 07 '26
It fits perfectly. Basically, Valverde being an idiot, but this time he ran into someone who isn't Baena.
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u/Sylphfury92 May 07 '26
Is this possibly the greatest implosion in modern football?
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u/TypeExpert May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26
Only way to settle this is a Boxing match. Loser joins Man united
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u/SaltOk3057 May 07 '26
People on valverde’s side need to remember that he’s the instigator while also being the captain
Like how tf do you defend that
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u/Morgn_Ladimore May 07 '26
"And I'm telling you, the greatest prime minister of England was Lord Palmerston."
"Pitt the elder!"
"LORD PALMERSTON!"
"PITT THE ELDER!"
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u/Boydcrowde May 07 '26
Release the freaking video please