Stoke boss Tony Pulis has said teams should be paid player wages and costs for treatment to injuries sustained on international duty in friendly matches.

Liverpool were unhappy with the England set-up after Steven Gerrard was injured in the 2-1 defeat by France.

Pulis said: "For full internationals there is no problem sending players.

"If they [Football Association] want to do friendlies they should pay wages and if the players are injured they should look after that."

The FA does insure all players on international duty and up to £100,000 per week can be paid out to clubs by the organisation's insurers.

The FA is one of only a handful of national associations who voluntarily insure players against injury while on international duty.

Almost all foreign international players who play for English clubs are not insured in this way.

Newcastle United received about £6m from the FA, Fifa and their insurer when Michael Owen suffered knee ligament damage while playing for England at the 2006 World Cup finals.

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