Clubs want international insurance

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European clubs today appealed to football's authorities to start paying insurance premiums to cover players injured whilst on international duty.

"FIFA and Uefa have to care about our players," said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of the 197-strong European Club Association.

"It is no longer acceptable that we have to give up our players ... and then they come back injured."

"If I rent a car I have to bring it back clean as if it was unused," he said.

"With players we have to give them up yet have to pay, twice over if you like, when we get them back injured."

"Robben is a classic case of a player going to the World Cup already injured and coming back in a worse condition and now we have to pay the bill," he said.

Rummenigge said insurance packages must cover all international fixtures, including friendlies and youth games, and ideally all European-based players even if they are from other continents.

"We have had discussions with FIFA in the past but they were not successful," said Rummenigge.

"We appreciate that FIFA paid compensation during the World Cup but the income they make is thanks to our players, who are paid by our clubs."

Full article : EspnStar

[zolayes 14,489]

this has been mooted before ...drawback is the African countries couldnt afford it

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this has been mooted before ...drawback is the African countries couldnt afford it

If corruption was to stop in Africa maybe they could.