Alvaro Arbeloa dismisses Real Madrid dressing room bust-up with infamous Liverpool story
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However, Arbeola said it was nothing compared to clash from his Liverpool playing daysAlvaro Arbeloa has compared Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni's fall-out at Real Madrid to that of Craig Bellamy and Joh Arne Riise during his time at LiverpoolReal Madrid head coach Alvaro Arbeloa referenced the infamous example of the fall-out between Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise in response to the media circus that has surrounded Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni’s argument this week.The Real stars were involved in a training-ground fracas that resulted in Valverde requiring hospital treatment. He suffered a concussion as a result, which will keep him out of Sunday’s El Clasico against Barcelona.READ MORE: Trent Alexander-Arnold's Real Madrid move continues to disappoint as Spanish media don't hold backREAD MORE: Jurgen Klopp won't join Real Madrid - but there is one job that could see him return to coachingSpeaking ahead of the game, Arbeola compared the spat to that of Bellamy and Riise from his playing days at Liverpool.
The pair clashed during a 2007 warm-weather training camp.The alcohol-fueled brawl came after Bellamy pushed Riise to take part in a karaoke session, and ended with the Welshman swinging a golf club at the legs of his team-mates.“I had a team-mate who picked up a golf club and hit another player,” Arbeola reflected before this weekend’s La Liga clash.Tchouameni and Valverde clashed at Real's training ground this week(Image: Denis Doyle/Getty Images)“They're situations that shouldn't happen between team-mates, but they've always happened.“I'm not justifying it, but I've experienced even worse situations than this. I won't burn my players at the stake.
(Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Craig Bellamy(Image: Getty Images)“Valverde and Tchouameni are two players who represent well what Real Madrid is. I won't allow all this to be taken advantage of to doubt my players' professionalism.”The Real coach added that Tchouameni, who has been linked with a summer exit from the Bernabeu, has been declared fit for the fixture against Barcelona.Should the Catalan club avoid defeat on Sunday, it will claim the title ahead of its arch rivals.Ironically, it was before a game against Barcelona that Bellamy and Riise clashed almost two decades ago.