Tchouaméni and Valverde set to face disciplinary action after fight during Real Madrid training

0:00 must reflect on the story that's dominating the headlines though in terms

0:03 of football over there in Spain to do with Real Madrid.

0:05 A reported fight uh between Fed Valverde and Aurelian

0:10 Chumeni training apparently not for the first time.

0:12 What is the the latest on this uh situation

0:15 and I think it's left Valverde seriously injured hasn't it?

0:20 So Valver had to go to hospital.

0:22 Um he's got a head injury.

0:25 The club put out a communicado official.

0:27 Um this is the statement that you're seeing on your screen is about

0:30 the actual um investigation that the club is is is going to happen.

0:34 And they then put out a a medical uh statement saying that Valver is

0:39 going to be out for 10 to 15 days with a with a head injury.

0:42 That head injury, how did he get it?

0:44 Well, according to Fed Alver, you know, there was a little bit of a sort

0:47 of disagreement between him and Aurelia and Germany,

0:50 he slipped and hit his head on a table and then to hospital.

0:55 um that that's his version of events.

0:58 Um other versions of events say that these two players came to blows.

1:02 They had argued yesterday in training and had to be pulled apart.

1:06 Um and then today again the hostilities resumed and went even further.

1:11 This is a historically bad situation for Real

1:15 Madrid because you know players have always had disagreements.

1:18 You know, Ian will tell you, I'm sure, you know,

1:20 you've seen people really maybe go for each other on the on the training pitch,

1:24 but this is just the culmination on of of more things that have

1:28 happened and more things that are being linked as well to the press.

1:32 I think it's important that we're hearing about all of this because

1:36 we also heard about Antonio Rudiger supposedly giving a slap to Ralvo Caredas,

1:40 something that Kedas himself didn't deny.

1:43 There's all this stuff about Kin Mbappé and and him going on holiday

1:47 and um the petition for him to go out of Real Madrid 30,000 signatures.

1:54 All of this stuff and then this happens today.

1:56 Now, why is this story being leaked?

1:58 I might be, how can I put this in Spanish?

2:01 They say malen or someone who's got a bad thought,

2:04 someone who thinks the worst or thinks

2:06 of like the machinations going on behind the scenes.

2:09 Now, they may be putting these stories out and letting people know

2:13 what a mess it is to potentially justify bringing in Jose Mourinho.

2:17 We need someone doing a strong arm to put these guys in the right shape.

2:22 I don't know.

2:22 Maybe I'm I'm I'm way off the mark or maybe I'm not,

2:26 but I just feel a little bit suspicious that all these stories have

2:28 come out together and we're hearing all about this in quite great detail.

2:32 All is not well with Real Madrid.

2:34 We know it's been an absolutely terrible season,

2:36 but for this to be so public and so bad, um it's almost, you know, historic.

2:41 I've been speaking to people and nobody really remember it being quite this bad.

2:45 So, yeah.

2:46 Um an incredible last few days at Real Madrid.

2:50 Yeah, I think we're uh pretty much done.

2:52 I don't think I need to cover absolutely everything.

2:54 You took my question away from me,

2:56 but also understanding that uh Eláico is right around the corner,

2:59 so I don't think timing is very good here.

3:02 So, just to confirm real quickly,

3:03 you're saying that potentially this could be leaked to maybe make movements

3:06 at the top of the table here

3:07 about potentially Mourinho coming in through the door.

3:10 You think that there stories potentially,

3:12 I'm not saying that you know anything or not, Phil,

3:14 but potentially I am saying that you know

3:16 something that these stories are getting leaked on purpose.

3:20 Um, and I don't have any concrete information about Jose Marino.

3:23 What I am doing is putting two and two together and potentially getting four.

3:28 Maybe I'm a little bit wider the mark and getting five or six.

3:31 But I think that there is some sense in the conclusion,

3:35 you know, why why is this happening?

3:36 Why is this happening now?

3:38 And why are we hearing all about it?

3:40 Everything is managed at Real Madrid.

3:42 Everything is controlled at Real Madrid.

3:44 It's controlled by one guy at the top who has a lot of control over the media,

3:49 over the press, over journalists here.

3:50 So for us to be hearing about this, it's it's it's not a coincidence.

3:55 Trust Phil to hit the nail on the head

3:57 when he's got a Rava Kanho European final to celebrate.

4:01 About favoritism right there.

4:02 Get back beat in the arm, man.

4:03 On you go.

4:04 Good stuff, Phil.

4:04 Thank you.

4:05 Chat to you soon.

4:06 Cheers, guys.

4:07 Thanks, Ian.

4:09 And I think Phil's sort of categorized it perfectly here that it just

4:13 speaks to the to the mess that we've got at Real Madrid this season.

4:17 We've had all sorts of going on off the pitch

4:19 in terms of Jabi Alonso and and whatever happened there.

4:22 You've got on the pitch issues with various different players and it

4:26 just shows that this is a club in complete and utter disarray.

4:30 Yeah, complete and disarray.

4:31 That's a great way of um describing Real Madrid right now.

4:34 I think often at times we are fooled and sometimes

4:38 we can have the blinkers on because it's Real Madrid,

4:41 the historically great Real Madrid,

4:43 the historic champions of the Champions League.

4:46 Whenever they were struggling in the Champions League,

4:47 it's okay because it's Real Madrid.

4:49 they'll they'll find a way and they'll eventually get

4:51 to the final or you know we sort of like cover our eyes a little bit and we give

4:56 them a bit of a blessing because it's Real Madrid

4:59 and normally they manage the media narrative as Phil has often said

5:02 so well because they're such a powerful club and they've got people everywhere.

5:05 They're able to to always maintain the view that they are in charge.

5:10 The problem is that now it's not

5:11 just about executives uh controlling this football club,

5:15 presidents controlling this football club,

5:16 the media controlling this football club.

5:18 You have got brand personalities inside that locker

5:21 room who control their own narrative here.

5:24 They also have a voice on social media.

5:26 They're spreading themselves in my opinion thin in the media.

5:30 They're not leaving themselves leg to stand

5:31 on because of sometimes what they share on social

5:34 media and obviously what comes out from that locker

5:36 room whether it's leaked on purpose or not.

5:39 This is a shambolic situation for Real Madrid to be in right now.

5:43 They are a true embarrassment to Spanish football.

5:45 I think right now and I think they're an embarrassment to themselves.

5:49 These groups of players, many of them don't deserve,

5:52 in my opinion, the opportunity to pull on that jersey next season.

5:56 That fabulous badge on that that chest of yours.

5:59 When you get the opportunity to put it on, it should be dreams come true

6:03 and you represent a group of people around

6:06 the world and the history of that football club.

6:08 And what we're seeing from this group of players is a bunch

6:11 of individuals who care more about themsel than they do about anything else.

6:15 They're all about what I can do, what can I get,

6:19 how can I receive from this football club.

6:21 It's not about success at the football club

6:23 or giving the supporters exactly what they want.

6:26 And that's trophies, performance, and never say die attitude.

6:29 We haven't seen that from this group of players,

6:31 which means only one thing for me.

6:33 The players have to be changed.

6:35 You got to get a new group of players

6:36 in because what they've done at Real Madrid

6:38 has changed coach after coach after coach and then

6:40 you go trophy for a consistent two seasons.

6:43 Not good enough for a club like Real Madrid.

6:45 And they're very lucky in my opinion to still have the supporters backing them.

6:52 Why?

6:52 I mean they fired Jabi Alonzo Brian Arboroa former player and he's failed

6:57 and yet the supporters are still backing the team.

6:59 But I do think that the players now are starting

7:01 to hear the jeers of their own supporters for their individual

7:04 performance and lack of quality because at Real Madrid they

7:08 want to be entertained but more importantly they want to win.

7:11 And it's the dangerous game you play when you sign Galactico superstars.

7:14 You have to accept as well when it's not going well they're

7:16 often going to be agitating on social media looking for things elsewhere.

7:20 Who's going to be in charge of that though next season though?

7:21 That's the big question.

7:22 Who can control what's happening at Real Madrid right now?

7:25 I don't know why they went past Jav Alonzo.

7:27 That is someone who is a coach.

7:30 Someone who can coach players.

7:31 Co.

7:32 He can coach a group of people, human beings.

7:34 He can get them under control.

7:36 But you have to give him full power.

7:38 If you don't give them full power, this is what can happen.

7:40 They just run wild.

7:41 These players, they do whatever they want.

7:44 Fights in the locker room.

7:45 So, it happens pretty much everywhere.

7:47 But when you see news breaking out

7:49 of the locker room and you see disappointing performances,

7:52 terrible results, it's not good enough for Real Madrid.

7:55 And unfortunately, the coach is the only one you can replace.

7:58 I'm actually getting to the feeling now that maybe it comes from the president.