國際足聯將考慮付給歐文補償金，儘管他的受傷並不在世界盃保險基金所包括的情況範圍之內。由於在與瑞典隊的比賽中膝蓋韌帶受傷，歐文很可能在今年之內都無法上場比賽。國際足聯主席布拉特在週五説，“我們有為這一類情況準備的特殊保險基金。歐文的事情將在世界盃結束後做出決定，但是這個基金就是為了這種重傷所準備的。”布拉特表示，1200萬美圓的保險基金是為那些由於球隊缺少經費來源，在為國家隊比賽時無法得到適當保險的球員準備的。

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup-england-owen-insurance&prov=ap&type=lgns

　　原文：FIFA to consider Owen compensation

　　June 23, 2006

　　BERLIN (AP) -- FIFA will consider paying compensation to Michael Owen, even if the injury to the England striker was not the sort of case it had mind when creating an insurance fund for the World Cup.

　　The Newcastle United forward ruptured knee ligaments in England's 2-2 draw with Sweden and is expected to be sidelined for the remainder of the year.

　　"We have a special insurance fund for cases of this kind," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday. "The English FA will now have to look at this matter because they made Owen available to play and this will then be put to FIFA.

　　"This case will be decided at the end of the tournament but this fund does exist for this kind of serious injury."

　　Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd is investigating if the club can be compensated for Owen's weekly salary and any potential transfer opportunity that has been scuttled.

　　Owen earns $190,000 with Newcastle.

　　Blatter said the intention of the insurance fund -- $12 million -- was that it would be a safety net for teams that lacked the resources to properly insure their players while on national duty.

　　"A player must be under an insurance guaranteed by his club -- that's the first principle," Blatter said. "When entering a player, a national association must make sure a player is properly insured.

　　"We've put together a fund to deal with cases that may not be covered those two principles."

　　Updated on Friday, Jun 23, 2006 11:51 am EDT

　　作者-李雪，二外英語系

責編：盧爽