SHIPLEY MP Philip Davies today called for the home nations to consider pulling out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia in the event of Sepp Blatter being re-elected as Fifa president tomorrow.

Speaking in the Commons, Mr Davies (Con) warned Fifa is "clearly corrupt" and called for a stand to be made.

He asked Culture Secretary John Whittingdale: "If the election goes ahead and Sepp Blatter is re-elected, unbelievably, as the head of Fifa, will you encourage the home nations to withdraw from Fifa, to make a stand on this particular issue?

"And if they were to make that decision, would the Government support them in that decision?"

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Mr Whittingdale replied: "What happens after Friday if indeed Sepp Blatter is re-elected will need careful consideration, primarily by the FA.

"It has been taken for granted up until now that Sepp Blatter is going to win, but obviously the election has not taken place and elections do not always produce the outcome that the experts predicted, so we shall wait to see.

"I shall certainly be seeing (FA chairman) Greg Dyke very shortly to discuss the attitude of the FA.

"There are a number of options - whether or not one would resort to the nuclear option which you suggested is a matter for the FA, but one we will need to discuss with them."