Real Madrid player goes to hospital after altercation with teammate as emergency meeting called

Tensions in the Real Madrid dressing room appear to have reached breaking point as it has emerged that another training ground fight resulted in one player going to hospital.

Just days before El Clasico with Barcelona, a bombshell report claimed that six players are refusing to speak to Alvaro Arbeloa and that a fight broke out between Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni.

The pair got into a heated argument that turned physical - off the back of an altercation between Antonio Rudiger and Alvaro Carreras.

However, MARCA are reporting that a second "very serious" incident occurred between the same two players, as a fight escalated to the point that players had to intervene and Valverde had to go to hospital.

The report stated that this brawl was "much worse" than the first fight and has prompted an emergency "crisis" meeting in the dressing room where Real's CEO Jose Angel Sanchez was present.

Every player was in attendance for the meeting, which was held in the hope of putting an end to the tense atmosphere around the Valdebebas training facility.

Citing dressing room sources, MARCA say that Valverde refused to shake hands with Tchouameni after their initial conflict in the morning.

The tension had not passed by the time the session had finished, they got into it and Valverde, captain of Real on so many occasions, suffered a cut after a heavy below.

Eliminated from the Champions League, Real are set to lose the La Liga title to Barcelona - who can win the league in Sunday's Clasico at the Camp Nou.