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." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 新浪体育讯 国际足联和纽卡斯尔的纠纷现在看来要有结果了，据布拉特表示，FIFA肯定愿意在一 定程度上补偿纽卡斯尔一些损失，但不可能答应喜鹊狮子大开口式的要价。 　　事情的起因是欧文，英格兰前锋在世界盃上膝盖受伤，本赛季至今上不了，这让纽卡 斯尔蒙受了巨大损失。纽卡於是找到国际足联要求赔偿，毕竟欧文是在打国家队比赛和参 加世界盃时受伤的，损失不该由俱乐部承担。 　　国际足联目前表示，可以赔偿纽卡斯尔一些损失，但最多金额是100万英镑，这和纽卡 斯尔要求的620万英镑相差不少。 布拉特说：“如果有人该负责，那也应该是英足总，我们的态度已经够不错了。” 　　这个话题实际上是近年来国际足坛的一个新争议。利物浦主帅贝尼特斯就掀起话题称 ，国际足联或者国家足协应该为球员参加国家队赛事期间的伤病负责，当时西塞代表法国 队比赛受伤，让利物浦非常愤怒，但最终也没有得到圆满的解决。看来在今後的一定时间 内，类似的情况还会引发争议，直到一个令各方满意的规则出台。 --

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