FIFA executive committee member Moya Dodd called yesterday for more women to be included in decision-making as football’s world governing body continues to undergo change at all levels due to corruption.

Outgoing president Sepp Blatter and head of Uefa Michel Platini were interrogated by Swiss investigators last week and despite Blatter going back to work yesterday and confirming that he will not step down, Dodd feels that a more diverse body would only help Fifa.

The former Australia player is just one of three female members at Fifa and, with the recent arrests, more women could find a place on the board should the women’s leadership push bear fruit.

“Undoubtedly, Fifa’s decision-making in the future will be better if more women are included at the top table,” said Dodd.

“I think that the future leadership of football needs to be drawn from a more diverse base than it has been in the past.

“It is important for people who aspire to contribute to the game to see there are opportunities and paths forward.”

Blatter is awaiting a possible announcement from the Fifa ethics committee on whether he will be suspended as a result of the investigation into possible criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of Fifa money.

Of that money, Platini has been asked fully explain the circumstances of a £1.3 million payment he received in 2011 for work done more than nine years previously.

Damian Collins, the MP who founded campaign group New Fifa Now, said there are key questions that the governing body and Platini need to answer.

Collins said: “If Michel Platini is not able clarify matters relating to his contract with Fifa and why he received such a large payment, he should withdraw from the forthcoming Fifa presidential election.

“Was the £1.35m accrued in Fifa’s accounts from 1999? If it wasn’t it would be a breach of Sepp Blatter’s duties and would suggest that there was not believed to be any outstanding payments due to Mr Platini.

“Will Fifa and Platini publish his contract and all correspondence relating to this payment?

“Finally, when did Platini first raise the issue of the money he was owed by Fifa?”

In a statement, Blatter’s lawyers said: “He has done nothing illegal or improper and will remain as president.”

Regarding Platini they added: “Platini had a valuable employment relationship with Fifa serving as an adviser to the president beginning in 1998.

“He explained to the prosecutors that the payments were valid compensation and nothing more and were properly accounted for within Fifa including the withholding of social security contributions.”