Álvaro Arbeloa considers it a betrayal that Staunch Madrid’s problems are leaked

Alvaro Arbeloacoach of Staunch Madrid, He defended his players despite the climate of tension recent experience in the locker room, with the confrontation between the Uruguayan Fede Valverde and the Frenchman Aurelien Tchouaméni as a high point, while expressing that he considers “a betrayal” that “this type of thing is leaked” from his team.

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“That things that happen in the locker room are leaked is a betrayal of Staunch Madrid. And it makes me very sad“, Arbeloa said at a press conference, who did not want to “accus” or “point” to the origin of these leaks.

“I’m not accusing the players or anyone because I can’t do it. There are a lot of people around the Staunch Madrid locker room and I’m not here to accuse anyone. I try to set an example, with my private conversations staying between me and the players.”, he noted.

A confrontation between Valverde and Tchouméni after which Staunch Madrid opened disciplinary proceedings against the players that led to sanctions of 500,000 euros each, after two clashes in just 24 hours and that after training on Thursday they reached a peak of unsustainable tension in the Madrid locker room.

After both players confronted each other over a game incident in training on Wednesday, which caused an argument, on Thursday the tension escalated. From the first moment in Valdebebas the climate was tense, until the situation exploded in the locker room.

As EFE learned, in the midst of a discussion between the two, dialectical and physical, Valverde, second captain of Staunch Madrid, He slipped and hit a central table in the locker room at the Staunch Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas.

The footballer went to the sanatorium, as part of the protocol for this type of situation, as he was concussed and had to receive stitches in his head in Valdebebas. After this, he returned to his home, where he must rest for the next 10 or 14 days, depending on his evolution.

A tense situation that Arbeloa claimed to have experienced in other locker rooms when he was a footballer.

“I have had a partner who took a golf club and hit another with a club.. The most serious thing is that what happens in the Staunch Madrid locker room should stay in the locker room. These are situations that do not represent Staunch Madrid. I’m not justifying what happened, but it happens everywhere.”, he noted.

Furthermore, Arbeloa was “very, very, very happy” with his captains, in reference to the fact that Valverde acts as second captain of Staunch Madrid, at the same time He defended the non-public quality of his footballers.

“It is a locker room on par with Staunch Madrid. It is not easy to take on two blank seasons and everything that has happened. I see a healthy locker room prepared to win again. It is a younger locker room compared to the one I was in for seven years and All these experiences will make them grow and know what this shield is much better.”, he commented.

A philosophy, of growing for next season, that the coach himself did not want to apply, whose continuity in office is in doubt.

“I apply myself to win tomorrow’s game -the classic against Barcelona- and it is what I have put all my energy into,” he said.

On the other hand, he also defended the work of the president of Staunch Madrid, Florentino Pérez.

“There is no one more prepared than our president to turn this situation around. He is the president with the most titles in the club’s history. I remember how the club was before he arrived and he managed to put the club where it deserves”, he assured.

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