Arsenal could be eligible for up to1.5 million pounds in compensation for Theo Walcott's injury while on England duty, the Football Association have confirmed.
The FA insure all players on international duty and up to 100,000 pounds per week can be paid out to clubs by the organisation's insurers, the PA said.
Walcott, who dislocated his shoulder in England training on Tuesday, is unlikely to play for Arsenal for the next four months, according to Gunners manager Arsene Wenger.
Under the FA's insurance deal, Arsenal could claim 50,000 pounds for the first two weeks Walcott is absent, and 100,000 per week thereafter up to a maximum period of almost two years. If he is out for the predicted 16 weeks, that could mean 1.5 million in compensation.
An FA spokesman said: "The FA is one of only a handful of national associations who voluntarily insure our players against injury while on international duty. Almost all foreign international players who play for English clubs will not have been insured in this way.
"The policy pays up to 50,000 pounds per week for the first two weeks out of action through injury and up to a ceiling of 100,000 per week after that, to a maximum of 100 weeks. This compensation is paid by the FA's various insurers, not the FA itself.
"Our policy also provides up to 50,000 pounds of medical expenses and provides compensation for permanent total disability in the case of career-ending injury incurred while with England."
Wenger said the club have yet to decide whether to pursue compensation but he did not blame the FA for the injury.
"I'm disappointed because he is an important part of the squad, but that could have happened in training here," Wenger said.
"It was an accident that could have happened anywhere.
"I do not blame the FA for that. It was accidental in training and I accept that.
"In a moment like that you do not think about compensation you think about how you can replace the player."
Source: Xinhua
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