Newcastle United injuries: Tino Livramento suffered a calf injury while on international duty with England at the World Cup.

Newcastle United could be entitled to further compensation for Tino Livramento after the right-back was injured while away at the World Cup with England.

Livramento suffered a calf injury in training and was forced to withdraw from the England squad on the eve of the opening group stage match against Croatia in Texas. Livramento was replaced by Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah in the squad as England secured an impressive 4-2 win in their group stage opener.

When asked about Livramento’s injury, England manager Thomas Tuchel said: “Tino was, of course, very disappointed and very sad, all of us were.

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“There was a little shock in training when he stopped training and he straight away had the feeling that this was an injury that could cost him the tournament and he was unfortunately right.

“After assessment, we got the information that it’s an injury of four or five weeks, which is unfortunately to keep rebuilding and reintegrating him into the squad, so we took the decision to send him home. He was, of course, disappointed and so were we, he was a key player and in good shape and available for both sides for us as a full-back.”

An injury absence of four or five weeks, even during the summer, could see Newcastle entitled to compensation should they apply to FIFA as part of the Club Protection Programme (CPP).

The CPP covers clubs that have had players injured on international duty and subsequently ruled out for at least 28 days. Should Livramento miss the start of pre-season as a result of being ruled out for at least four weeks, Newcastle will be entitled to a compensation fee from FIFA.

FIFA guidance states the CPP covers clubs for a maximum of €7.5million (around £6.5million) per player, per accident and is payable for a maximum of 365 days.

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The compensation will stop once the player is no longer suffering from a ‘temporary total disablement’ from playing.

Last season, Newcastle had Yoane Wissa’s wages covered by FIFA as part of the CPP after the striker suffered a serious knee injury just days after joining the club for £55million from Brentford. The injury kept Wissa out of action for over three months.

Newcastle will also receive a small fee for Livramento as part of the FIFA Club Benfits Programme, which pays clubs a reported fee of £8,200 per player for every day they are away at the World Cup. While Livramento technically left the England camp before their World Cup started, he had been away training with the squad and preparing for the tournament in the United States since the start of the month.

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