🎙️ All fine despite the brawl?!?! Arbeloa plays down Real chaos

“It is a lie that anyone is not playing because of problems with me or because of his life outside Real Madrid. I’m the first to take responsibility for the fact that the season probably has not 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.

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 cheerful? Definitely not — at least 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 behaves toward me. If he played, it was because he deserved it, and if he didn’t, it was because someone else deserved it more,” Arbeloa said about the ongoing debate surrounding superstar Mbappé’s behavior.

Leak inside the team?

“The fact that things from the dressing room are getting out, I see as 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 immediately added: “I am accusing neither my players nor anyone else. There are many people at Real Madrid, and I am 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? Fair assessment, or should the head coach have used stronger words as well? 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.