"The FIFA president needs to take responsibility for what is happening in his shop. It is up to him to make sure that everything is done correctly, seriously and in a clean way," Germany legend Rummenigge told Swiss magazine Bilanz .

"Hosni Mubarak did also not imagine a year ago that he would be chased out of office.

"Blatter does not have a good image. I sense that in countries where he is seen critically, fans have a big problem with him.

"(He must push through reforms) before they are being done by his successor or before a revolution from outside arrives. Because an outside revolution will surely cause irritation and problems."

Blatter’s board encountered a series of internal problems over the past few months, which resulted in the suspension of some prominent executive committee members in corruption cases.