The FA chairman Greg Dyke today told FIFA executive president Sepp Blatter to his face that he is damaging the image of football and vice chairman David Gill declared he must go.

Dyke’s comments came during a meeting of all the national associations of UEFA, during which Dutch FA chief Michael van Praag called on the 78-year-old not to stand for a fifth term in office.

Dyke and Van Praag told Blatter that Fifa had a poor image and “something must be done” to refresh Fifa.

Blatter’s claims that racism lay behind accusations that FIFA executives took bribes to give the 2022 World Cup to Qatar have staggered UEFA.

Van Praag said he was “not happy” about that claim and said it was not true. Gill said the racism claim was “totally inaccurate and totally incorrect.” He said Blatter should go.

Dyke’s extraordinary challenge to Blatter came after he told UEFA that he was considering standing for another term of office next year, contrary to his previous promise to leave next year. “I changed my mind,” Blatter told the committee.

He received no support from any of the member of UEFA’s powerful executive committee today and did not received the customary standing ovation after addressing said Blatter had to take responsibility for all the bad publicity surrounding the world governing body.

He is the most senior official to speak out about Blatter’s election plans.