Clarke already quit as FA chairman following comments to MPsFA calls on government to allow Iceland to play at WembleyGreg Clarke’s embarrassing remarks to MPs have caused him to lose a second significant role within
Football after he stepped down from his position as a vice-president of Fifa.
Following a conversation between Clarke and the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin, on Thursday, it was agreed that Clarke should resign his position as Europe’s representative on the
FIFA council with immediate effect. A crucial post in footballing diplomacy, which commands an annual salary of £190,000, the Uefa-appointed vice-president is expected to form a bridge between the interests of Europe and their powerful domestic leagues, to the global concerns of the game’s governing body. Uefa will now be without a representative at the game’s top table until next spring, when Clarke’s replacement will be agreed.