🎙️ All fine despite the bust-up?!?! Arbeloa plays down Real chaos

🎙️ All fine despite the bust-up?!?! Arbeloa plays down Real chaos

There are situations in which we definitely wouldn’t want to trade places with other people. Real Madrid head coach Álvaro Arbeloa, who is not entirely without controversy, is certainly one of them right now. 

Before the Clásico against FC Barcelona — in which Madrid’s biggest rival could, to make matters worse, also wrap up the league title — Arbeloa had to face the press amid the Mbappé chaos and a dressing-room brawl. 

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“I’m very proud of the club’s consistency, speed, and transparency. And of the fact that the players admitted their mistake, showed remorse, and apologized. For me, that is enough,” Arbeloa explained. So it appears the two players no longer have to fear consequences from him. 

“Valverde and Tchouaméni deserve for us to look ahead now and give them the chance to keep fighting for this club. I’m very proud of them. I will not allow this to be used to question their professionalism: it’s a lie that they are not professionals or that they treated me disrespectfully. That is absolutely false,” he said, standing by his players despite everything. 

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The coach also confirmed that Tchouaméni will be in the squad for the Clásico. Valverde, on the other hand, is out for the time being (presumably because of injuries from the fight). 

Arbeloa denied reports of problems with some players, including Dani Carvajal:

“It’s a lie that anyone isn’t playing because of problems with me or because of their life outside Real Madrid. I’m the first to take responsibility for the fact that the season probably hasn’t lived up to expectations. What I will not do is publicly sacrifice the players, because they do not deserve that.” In his view, the atmosphere in the dressing room is still a “healthy” one. 

Is Mbappé’s attitude the problem?

Superstar Mbappé was recently criticized because he was photographed in a good mood despite the tense atmosphere around training. Too good? Definitely not — at least not according to his coach. 

“Anyone trying to take a player smiling after training out of context is distorting reality. I can only speak about him, his work, and the way he is with me. If he has played, it’s because he deserved it, and if not, then because someone else deserved it more,” Arbeloa said about the ongoing discussion surrounding superstar Mbappé’s behavior. 

Leak inside the team?

“The fact that things from the dressing room are getting out is, in my view, a betrayal of Real Madrid and its badge,” the Madrid head coach condemned the obvious leaks within the club through which information about the unrest in the team reached the public, but he immediately added: “I’m not accusing my players or anyone else. There are many people at Real Madrid, and I’m not here to point the finger at anyone. What happens with my players stays between them and me.” 

What do you think of Arbeloa’s statement? Fairly judged, or should the head coach also have used stronger words? Feel free to write it in the comments! 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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