Hammers will need to wait for Rice compensation

Declan Rice injured his right knee in the World Cup qualifying game between England and Poland on Wednesday evening.

TV video replays show Dec pulling up after a jog and holding his right knee. He played on regardless picking up another player of the game award for England.

He had a scan on Thursday which shows no tearing but medics estimate he will be out for five to six weeks.

Clubs are entitled to compensation if a player is injured on International duty as the world football governing body has an insurance policy tagged the FIFA Club Protection Programme (CPP) which cater to the injury risk of players who have been invited to play for their national teams.

Based on this programme, Fifa will be responsible for the wages of the players who are invited by their national teams for a match under the FIFA calendar but got injured while training with the national team or during an international match. The compensation FIFA will pay to the club will last as long as the injury lasts and as long as the player involved is still contracted to the club.

However, the insurance scheme does not kick in for the first 28 days so West Ham will not reap the financial benefit for a month.