Gary Lineker has revealed he would not have agreed to co-host Friday's draw for Russia's 2018 FIFA World Cup if Sepp Blatter was still president of football's world governing body.
A long-term critic of FIFA, Lineker has drawn criticism for agreeing to host the event amid accusations of hypocrisy.
However, he said ahead of the draw that FIFA deserves a chance to prove itself after recent changes at the organisation, most significantly the 2015 departure of Blatter after 17 years as president, per Ben Rumsby in the Telegraph: "If Blatter had still been in charge, I would not have done it.