Fifa have agreed and confirmed that they will be paying Seamus Coleman’s wages of around £50,000-a-week, until the Everton full-back recovers from his double leg break. Following Wales’ Neil Taylor’s shocking challenge on Friday night in Ireland.
Thankfully International Manager Martin O’Neill has confirmed Coleman’s surgery was a success after he had the operation straight away on Saturday morning.
As the debate goes on about the challenge on social media, here is Dean Saunders and Niall Quinn discussing the tackle straight after the game on Friday night. The injury is expected to keep Everton’s Seamus Coleman out of action for at least six months, but probably a lot longer:
