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Real Madrid have fined Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouameni €500,000 each after a dressing-room row that left Valverde needing hospital treatment for a head cut. Both players have now apologised for the incident, which club coach Álvaro Arbeloa says has been resolved internally. Conflicting early reports over whether there was a full fight or an accidental injury have fuelled wider scrutiny of Real Madrid’s dressing-room mood before key games.