FA outlines compensation policy

Walcott: Three months out

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The Football Association has confirmed Arsenal could be eligible for up to £1.1million in compensation for the injury Theo Walcott sustained while on England duty.

The FA insures all players on international duty and up to £100,000 per week can be paid out to clubs by the organisation's insurers.

Walcott is set to be sidelined for the next three months after he suffered a dislocated shoulder in England training on Tuesday ahead of their friendly victory over Germany in Berlin.

Under the FA's insurance deal, Arsenal could claim £50,000 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 12 weeks, that could mean £1.1million in compensation.

Claim

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 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 of medical expenses and provides compensation for permanent total disability in the case of career-ending injury incurred while with England."

Wenger said at a press conference on Thursday that the club have yet to decide if they will pursue compensation.