London--The chairman of England's Football Association called on FIFA President Sepp Blatter to leave the position on Thursday after a major corruption scandal engulfed the sport.
"Sepp Blatter has to go as FIFA president," Greg Dyke, chairman of the FA, football's governing body in England, told the Press Association.
"There is no way of rebuilding trust in FIFA while Sepp Blatter is still there... He either has to go through a resignation, or he has to be out-voted or we have to find a third way."
The world football governing body has been plunged into crisis as it prepares to vote for a new president with accusations of "rampant, systemic and deep-rooted" corruption by US authorities.
Seven officials were arrested in a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel and accused of taking more than $150 million in bribes, with 14 officials and marketing executives accused of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies.
AFP
