[6] Some players did not return on the "Weser" ship that brought Celta back, including Valderrama, who along with Cárdenes, Espinosa, and Esteban Eguía stopped in the port of Tenerife to spend a few days on vacation.
[6] After his negative experience on that tour with Celta, he assured that he would renew his contract with Racing Madrid, which he finally ended up doing after his well-deserved vacation in the Canary Islands, but as a result of his travels, he began enjoying a more languid life in "a beach with a palm tree and a seagull".
[6] This inevitably led to some problems with the board of Racing due to financial issues and some statements made to the press, so he was disqualified for two years.
[6] Like most Real Madrid players of that time, Valderrama was summoned to play for the Madrid national team, and he was part of the team that reached the final of the 1923–24 Prince of Asturias Cup, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF,[11] although he only played in the quarter-finals against Galicia, which his side won 1–0 thanks to an early goal from Antonio De Miguel.
His cap for the main side was held at El Sardinero on 17 April 1927, in a friendly against Switzerland which ended in a 1–0 win, courtesy of a goal from Óscar.
[6] On an exhibition trip to Mexico and the United States, he met Spaniards working in Hollywood, dubbing and re-filming films in Spanish, such as Edgar Neville and Dolores del Río, and decided to stay for a while.