Berlin--Wolfgang Niersbach, the president of the German Football Association (DFB), has outlined the need for wide-reaching reforms within world football's scandal-hit governing body FIFA in an open letter.
"I am not so naive to think that the DFB could now reform everything, that needs international alliances and help from the majority, which is difficult to achieve," wrote Niersbach in a open letter to each of the association's 26,000 clubs and 6.8 million members in Germany.
"Even the largest member of FIFA only has one vote, but the DFB, and I as it's president, take on the challenge to make FIFA accountable.
"We want reforms, we want change and we demand it."
In a letter which reads like a manifesto for a presidential candidacy, Niersbach lists where FIFA must improve to win back some credibility and insists "everything was correct" when Germany was awarded the 2006 World Cup finals.
Niersbach highlights ten points, including finding a new FIFA president, following Sepp Blatter's resignation, "as soon as possible" amidst reports of elections set to take place no earlier than December.
"With all due respect for his life's work, Sepp Blatter does himself, and football as a whole, no favours by drawing out his resignation," Niersbach wrote.
"A new president must be chosen quickly at an extraordinary congress to represent a compelling new beginning."
Niersbach says FIFA must draw up a reform agenda, as well as clear up the corruption allegations they face.
AFP
