Speaking in the European Parliament yesterday, Dan Dalton welcomed the decision by Sepp Blatter to resign, but emphasised that this should only be the start of a full deep-clean of FIFA.
He said, 'If it becomes clear that the 2018 and 2022 tournaments were awarded due to corrupt practices, then there should be no hesitation in re-awarding them'.
Mr Dalton, a former professional sportsman, commented:
"The rotting core of the once beautiful game has finally exploded. The ensuing fallout is a painful but necessary cleansing process. If we are to clean-up FIFA once and for all, we need to dig down and remove all the dirt, and find out whether corruption influenced the Russian and Qatari World Cup bids.
Whilst I welcome Blatter's resignation, he should go immediately for the sake of FIFA's credibility, to allow an open and unhindered process of reform".