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Greg Dyke: 'FIFA presidential election should go ahead'

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Football Association chairman Greg Dyke insists that Friday's FIFA presidential election should go ahead as planned.

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has insisted that Friday's FIFA presidential election should go ahead as planned.

The 68-year-old had initially questioned whether it was the correct choice to allow the head-to-head battle between Sepp Blatter and Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein to continue, following the arrests of several officials on corruption charges.

However, speaking to Sky Sports News this morning, Dyke backtracked on his previous comments, suggesting that Prince Ali now has a greater chance of toppling current boss Blatter.

"Prince Ali was pretty confident before the events of yesterday, so I suspect he's even more confident now. Of course that doesn't mean he wins," the FA chief said.

"It shouldn't be postponed, because Prince Ali could win in which case we have achieved what we came here to do, which is to say goodbye to Mr Blatter."

In a separate investigation that developed throughout the course of Wednesday, Swiss prosecutors looked into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Russia and Qatar respectively.

However, Dyke has dismissed suggestions that England will host the showpiece tournament within the next 10 years, regardless of the outcome of the ongoing enquiries.

"I think that's a story being created by a few news desks at the moment. I don't think that's realistic," he said. "FIFA has taken a battering and quite rightly.

"It now needs a totally different leadership and so the most important thing is that Mr Blatter steps down and someone takes his place who believes in transparency and honesty."

Blatter is seeking a fifth term in charge of world football's governing body in Zurich tomorrow afternoon.

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