Anichebe sued Newcastle United for potential loss of earnings following the Kevin Nolan tackle which left him plagued by injuries for more than a year.
Anichebe, who is in line to return to St James’s Park on Saturday for the first time since the incident, has been forced to undergo two operations since the Newcastle captain’s two-footed lunge damaged cartilage in his right knee in February 2009.
Though Everton continued to pay his wages throughout that period, it is understood Anichebe instructed his lawyers to sue Newcastle for potential loss of earnings.
He also asked Newcastle to pay compensation for earnings lost because he couldn't play for the Nigerian national side, thereby.
Nolan apologised for the tackle.
But what about Hatem Ben Arfa who suffered a horror injury against Manchester City? He hasn't played since.