FIFA must pay Real Sociedad from October 3

The RFEF has just announced the damage of Mikel Oyarzabal then yesterday he had to leave the match against Serbia. According to information from the federation bodies and after conducting an MRI this Friday, it is a high-grade sprain of his left ankle. It was not good, although the report did not detail whether there was tendon damage or other important factors to determine the time. If there are no aggravating factors and everything goes well, it could be eight weeks of sick leave, as indicated by medical sources consulted by MD.

This is an injury for which Real Sociedad will have to be paid by FIFA starting next October 3. Because that day is when the 28 days of inactivity ends and from that date the financial compensation from Club Protection Program. It clarifies that “coverage is provided to footballers while they are under the command of their respective member federations in their team’s official “A” international matches, including all matches, practices, sessions of training, training matches, travel and time spent away from his club The protection of the club starts from the moment in which the football player starts the trip from his home or from the management of the club to serve his team and ends at midnight (local time) on the day he plays home or at the club’s address, or 48 hours after leaving their chosen, which includes the direct and uninterrupted return journey (“operational time”), whichever. the first.

And this same program clarifies that it covers players injured with their national teams and when these injuries exceed 28 consecutive days of absence: “All football clubs are protected in case of temporary total disability as a result of an accident.. Which, in the case of Eibartarra, will begin to be fulfilled from October 3, because on that day the 28 days of continuous absence of the striker will be fulfilled.

This program pays football clubs a maximum compensation of up to 7,500,000 euros per football player per accident. This maximum is calculated according to a daily proportional compensation of up to €20,548 paid for a maximum of 365 days. The maximum capacity or total limit of the FIFA Club Protection Program is €80 million per year.

Therefore the Royal Society shall receive an amount slightly greater than twenty thousand euros daily and throughout the period until Oyarzabal receive a medical discharge from the club’s medical services. If the absence is eight weeks, 28 days will be counted from the start of the FIFA Club Protection Program, so the compensation amount will be 615,000 euros. If the loss is prolonged, the economic compensation will grow.