Confrontation inside Real Madrid's dressing room turns into a "physical altercation"

Things have gone from bad to worse behind closed doors at the Santiago Bernabéu. Ever since Xabi Alonso walked away, the Madrid locker room has been a powder keg — and the explosion between Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde was only the beginning.

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Internal problems at Real Madrid

Now, according to Cadena SER, two more players have reportedly come to blows, though the Spanish radio station has kept their identities under wraps. The arrival of José Mourinho, far from calming the storm, seems to have poured fuel on the fire.

The atmosphere, the outlet claims, remains "as icy as it was five months ago." And if that weren't enough, Mourinho himself reportedly sat down with Kylian Mbappé — whose nightclub escapades have drawn heavy criticism in Spain — to set him straight.

For the Madrid faithful, the timing could hardly be more worrying. October looms large, and after three weeks without a match, Real will look to steady the ship in La Liga against Villarreal, then travel to Rome for Champions League duty, before hosting Sevilla and Leipzig — all of it building toward the season's first Clásico against Barcelona on October 25.

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Hazem Mlhem est un rédacteur sportif expérimenté, animé par une passion pour le football africain.

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