Former England captain David Beckham has blasted FIFA and says it is time for change after Sepp Blatter revealed he would be stepping down, just four days after being re-elected.
After 17-years in charge, Blatter announced on Tuesday that he was leaving his role as FIFA president and Beckham, who has scored in three different World Cups, has called for FIFA to change.
In a statement, Beckham wrote: "Whilst it has not been good to read some of the headlines surrounding our sport recently, I hope at last we are now moving in the right direction.
"Football is not owned by a few individuals at the top, it belongs to the millions of people around the world who love this sport. It is time for FIFA to change and we should all welcome it."
The FIFA corruption scandal took another turn, last night, with former CONCACAF General Secretary and Executive Vice President of the US Soccer Federation Chuck Blazer admitting that he and other FIFA officials accepted bribes over the 1998 and 2010 World Cups.
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