After rupturing an anterior cruciate knee ligament playing in a Euro 2016 tie against Kazakhstan on Saturday, Tim Krul is set to miss the rest of the season for Newcastle and will be out of action until next August.
It will mean that the Magpies will be involved in a multi-million-pound compensation settlement with the Dutch FA because of his injury. The player was flown back to England on Saturday night and has been coming to terms with his injury with medical doctors at the club.
His absence is a huge blow for the Premier League side who currently sit bottom of the table, without a win this season, and who are flighting to avoid relegation.
The Geordies will be able to make a claim to world governing body Fifa's ´Club Protection Programme' which has paid out over 40 million euros in the last two years to settle cases between clubs, with a maximum payment of 7.5 million euros per player.
The amount is relative to the salary of the player and is played out due to "temporary disablement in an international match".