“The most important thing is that the club knows what happened,” Tchouameni explained. “So many things happen in the dressing room that the media never find out about. Life goes on.”
The 26-year-old also stressed that there is no longer any bad blood between him and Valverde, despite earlier reports that the pair’s tense relationship might force one of them to leave Real Madrid in the summer to protect the dressing-room atmosphere amid existing ego clashes.
“Fede and I have one clear goal: to win titles with Real Madrid. There are absolutely no problems,” Tchouameni has now made clear. Looking ahead to a potential World Cup clash with Valverde’s Uruguay, he added: “Of course I want to win with France then. But personally, there are no issues with Fede.”
Tchouameni and Les Bleus open their World Cup campaign on 16 June against Senegal, with Norway and Iraq also in their group. Valverde’s Uruguay will face Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde and Spain in the group stage.
