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What’s the story?
Real Madrid have released an official statement denying claims made by Tottenham manager over using the club training facilities in Madrid.
In case you didn’t know..
Mauricio Pochettino was linked to the Real Madrid job earlier this season before Zinedine Zidane was re-appointed but now the Spurs manager has sparked a rift by making some false statements according to the Spanish club.
Mauricio Pochettino on being asked about his preparation plans for the UEFA Champions League finals said:
“Ahead of the final, we will train at Valdebebas and sleep in a nearby hotel.
“I asked Florentino to let us sleep in the sports centre, but he told me that I can only sleep there when I become the coach of Real Madrid.”
The heart of the matter
Refuting the claims of Pochettino, Los Blancos released an official statement which read:
Real Madrid CF is surprised by the demonstrations made by the coach of Tottenham Hotspur, Mauricio Pochettino, about a supposed request made to our club so that his team could stay in the residence of the Real Madrid City on the occasion of the final of the Champions League.
Real Madrid CF wants to make it clear that it is outright false that this request was produced. Our club has always shown its absolute availability to meet all the requests made by UEFA, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Club Atlético de Madrid, Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur.
All requests submitted to Real Madrid have referred only and exclusively to the use of the training camps of the Ciudad Real Madrid and its changing rooms. And all of them have been granted by our club.
Thus, Liverpool plans to train in our facilities on Saturday, June 1 in the morning. Tottenham, for its part, will do so on Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31.
Real Madrid CF also wants to emphasize that the accommodation of the finalist teams of the Champions League are assigned by UEFA following criteria of organization and security. And that at no time has our club been requested that these teams could be accommodated in the facilities of Ciudad Real Madrid.
What's next?
Real Madrid have made themselves very clear as they describe the whole scenario step by step and blocked Pochettino's attempt at falsifying the events. The matter has escalated beyond the Spurs' manager's imagination and it will be interesting to see how he handles the situation alongside his ongoing preparations for the Champions League finals next weekend.
