FIFA considers club-compensation for international duties

Director of FIFA legal division, Heinz Tännler, said that "FIFA wants to take the clubs into consideration and will probably reform the regulation at some time in the future. We are working on the possibility of an insurance fund, and compensation fund. This will take time, as FIFA is a political organisation." (according to BBC News).

According to Borja García , researcher at Loughborough University (UK), FIFA's move on the issue is interesting, but remains a unilateral decision, the legitimacy of which could, in turn, be contested, unless FIFA is willing to conduct a wide consultation before changing the rules. "What is needed is a real dialogue, where all stakeholders (including G-14 and small football associations, such as the African ones) can negotiate and reach compromises. Otherwise the legitimacy of decisions will be very low," explained García to EurActiv. 

"If these new rules go all the way to compensate clubs in terms of injuries of players, the issue of how to compensate them for not being able to use the players at league games scheduled at the same time with an international competition still remains unsolved. There is a need to improve the process by which the common world football calendar is decided. Currently, it is the duty of FIFA and continental confederations, but this process needs to become more open and inclusive," continued García, referring to the need of transparency and democracy of the decision making process and thus better sports governance.