Marseille to rake in €600,000 from Ayew’s injury

French club Olympique Marseille has asked FIFA for a compensation to make up for forward Andre Dede Ayew’s absence due to a knee injury sustained during Ghana's World Cup playoff second leg against Egypt, a game which saw the Black Stars qualify for next year's finals in Brazil last week Tuesday.

In reference to the FIFA Club Protection Programme (CPP) circular the Football governing body released on June 8 2012, if a player is injured due to an accident while on duty with his representative "A" team (national team), the player's club will be compensated for having to continue to pay the player's fixed salary although the player is temporarily disabled and unable to perform footballing activities for his club.

The temporary total disablement of a player hurt on international duty triggers CPP payments of a maximum daily amount of €20,548 for a maximum period of 365 days.

The first 28 days of disablement are not covered.

Marseille however qualify for compensation under this insurance scheme as Dede who is suffering from a meniscal tear in his left knee will undergo a surgery led by Dr. Jean-Pierre Franceschi on Monday morning and has been ruled out for 56 days.

The calculation begins as from the 29th day of the injury and Marseille are expected to receive a little over six hundred thousand euros from FIFA.

Andre Ayew is not expected to return to action until after the European winter break.