Present at a rather astonishing press conference where he spent more than an hour attacking the Spanish press, Florentino Pérez also returned to the altercation between Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde, especially regretting that the affair had leaked to the press. The president of Real Madrid downplayed the dispute, recalling that this type of tension regularly exists in a high-level locker room.
“I find it very bad, but the fact that they made it public is even worse. I’ve been here for 26 years, and it’s always happened to me that at least two or four players come to blows. But it remains internal. Those who have spoken out about the affair are doing so because they are unhappy and fear being fired. They fight and then there’s peace! I will not tolerate the chaos that some have tried to create. The escape is worse than the deal. I believe that in 26 years of presidency, this is the first time that I have seen something like this”he blurted.
