http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/6405237.stm Fifa insists it has made a "final offer" of ￡1m compensation to Newcastle for Michael Owen's World Cup injury. Newcastle claimed ￡6.2m towards Owen's salary costs after he ruptured cruciate knee ligaments 55 seconds into last summer's World Cup game against Sweden. The Football Association is already paying Newcastle ￡50,000 a week to help cover his salary. Fifa president Sepp Blatter said it was a "last offer", adding: "If someone has responsiblility then it's the FA." Blatter insisted the overall compensation should be shared between Fifa, the FA and Newcastle's own insurers. Newcastle have lodged a claim for further compensation from the FA well as Fifa to cover the cost of signing ￡10m Obefemi Martins to replace Owen, who cost ￡17m from Real Madrid. The Fifa president said: "Newcastle have come saying that they had have to replace him with another player and that's not fair. "The transfer regulations say players put at the disposal of the national team should be insured by their club. "The competition regulations of the World Cup say the national associations should make sure their players are correctly insured. "We've also set up a special fund for injuries to players for all 32 participants with a total of ￡7m available for everybody. "If you look who is asking for money, then something is wrong because it's from the richest league in the world." An FA spokesman said: "The position remains unchanged. We've been in constructive discussions with Newcastle since the World Cup. "We are sympathetic towards their position with reference to the injury and these discussions are ongoing." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 新浪體育訊 國際足聯和紐卡斯爾的糾紛現在看來要有結果了，據布拉特表示，FIFA肯定願意在一 定程度上補償紐卡斯爾一些損失，但不可能答應喜鵲獅子大開口式的要價。 　　事情的起因是歐文，英格蘭前鋒在世界盃上膝蓋受傷，本賽季至今上不了，這讓紐卡 斯爾蒙受了巨大損失。紐卡於是找到國際足聯要求賠償，畢竟歐文是在打國家隊比賽和參 加世界盃時受傷的，損失不該由俱樂部承擔。 　　國際足聯目前表示，可以賠償紐卡斯爾一些損失，但最多金額是100萬英鎊，這和紐卡 斯爾要求的620萬英鎊相差不少。 布拉特說：“如果有人該負責，那也應該是英足總，我們的態度已經夠不錯了。” 　　這個話題實際上是近年來國際足壇的一個新爭議。利物浦主帥貝尼特斯就掀起話題稱 ，國際足聯或者國家足協應該為球員參加國家隊賽事期間的傷病負責，當時西塞代表法國 隊比賽受傷，讓利物浦非常憤怒，但最終也沒有得到圓滿的解決。看來在今後的一定時間 內，類似的情況還會引發爭議，直到一個令各方滿意的規則出臺。 --

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