Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has described Sepp Blatter's decision to resign as FIFA president as "good news for world football".
The 79-year-old announced on Tuesday that he would be stepping down in the next nine months following the latest corruption scandal that has engulfed the organisation.
Dyke, who has been a vocal critic of Blatter, believes that "real reform" can take place at FIFA once the Swiss has departed.
"We welcome today's announcement and believe it is good news for world football and FIFA," he said in a statement. "Change at the very top of FIFA is the necessary first step in delivering real reform of the organisation.
"We will now commit ourselves to play whatever role we can to support a positive transformation of FIFA for the benefit of all its members."
Blatter was elected FIFA president for a fifth term last week, seeing off competition from sole challenger Prince Ali.
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