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"FIFA needs a profound overhaul," Blatter said, according to FIFA's translation. "While I have a mandate from the membership of FIFA, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football -- the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love football as much as we all do at FIFA.

"Therefore, I have decided to lay down my mandate [as president] at an extraordinary elective congress. I will continue to exercise my functions as FIFA president until that election."

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good riddance to the corrupt ba5tard get out and stay out of our game .

We ain't heard the half of this yet

hopefully criminal charges will follow

The clean up process will take years as corruption is now entwined in the whole FIFA structure. First thing that should happen though is finding a venue for the 2022 World Cup instead of the silly joke of a country they call Qatar.

pretty sure the will have to redo the 22 process, no way in hell that wasn't bought and paid for. they reckon its too late for russia but qatar is just all wrong

Bought and paid for with the lives of 1200 migrant workers, so far. Russia will go ahead because the west doesn't want to pissoff Putin anymore then they already have, but Qatar is the reason that all this came out.

The FBI are investigating him

Suppose FIFA replaces all it's executives and starts from scratch with a whiter-than-white approach. What will REALLY change? is it just that we 'might' have a better chance of hosting a world cup? Is that it?!

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/...ter-resignation

Excellent, but will it happen?

Good riddance to the mealy mouthed owld croak anyway