Bayern Munich is hoping for compensation from the Dutch football federation for the injury to winger Arjen Robben, who will be out for two months.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Thursday's edition of Munich newspaper Abendzeitung it would ''only be fair'' for the Dutch federation to compensate the club since the federation was responsible for Robben's injury by allowing him to play at the World Cup.
Robben's torn left-hamstring muscle was diagnosed after his return from vacation earlier this week. He went to the World Cup with the same injury but played through to the final after missing the first two games.
''He shouldn't have traveled to South Africa with this kind of injury. He shouldn't have played,'' Rummenigge told another Munich newspaper, the Sueddeutsche. ''It was clear to me that it was the kind of injury one would prefer to keep under wraps.''
Rummenigge said Bayern would seek a ''fair solution'' in direct talks with the Dutch federation.
The Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk said Robben was fit at the end of the tournament, with his team losing the World Cup final 1-0 to Spain after extra time.
''Otherwise, he couldn't have managed the sprints he did at the end of extra time,'' Van Marwijk told Kicker magazine.
