FA will pay Reds £500,000

THE FA have confirmed their insurers will pay Liverpool compensation for Steven Gerrard's hamstring injury.

It is believed the Reds will pocket £500,000 after their captain was injured in England's friendly defeat to France at Wembley on Wednesday.

Gerrard, 30, has been ruled out for a month, which could have a significant effect on his side's season after a recent revival came to an end at Stoke last Saturday.

The FA have stressed the cash will not come directly from them but an insurance scheme, which has already paid out to Arsenal and Tottenham for injuries sustained by Theo Walcott and Jermain Defoe on international duty this season.