PwC will hold the position until at least the FIFA Congress in May 2017, where the membership-at-large of the organisation will chose an auditor for a three-year period.

Considered one of the largest companies in the field of auditing and advisory services, PwC has a network of firms in 157 countries.

They were chosen as the auditors of FIFA by the Bureau of the ruling Council following an “open selection process conducted by FIFA with several different auditing companies”.

Their appointment has been described as a “further important step in the reform process underway at FIFA and an example of how the organisation is restoring its financial control and management mechanisms to the fullest” by world football’s governing body.

“We are delighted to have appointed PwC, and we look forward to working with them as FIFA moves forward with its programme of reforms,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.

KPMG, who are also among the “Big Four” of auditing firms, along with Deloitte, PwC and Ernst & Young, had worked with FIFA since 1999 until they opted to sever ties with the governing body three months ago.

They been present as various corruption scandals have tarnished the reputation of FIFA.

Separate investigations have been launched against FIFA by the US Department of Justice and the Swiss Attorney General, with a host of officials, past and present, caught up in the storm.

KPMG was obliged by law to report any irregularities it discovered in FIFA's accounts.

In September, amid criticism, the firm announced that it had launched an internal review of its business in Switzerland, with FIFA based in Zurich.

Their decision to resign came two weeks after FIFA's lawyers Quinn Emanuel announced in June that disgraced President Blatter, former secretary general Valcke and Markus Kattner awarded themselves bonuses and pay rises totalling $80 million (£60 million/€72 million) over a five-year period.

The law firm also claimed some of the contracted payments are in breach of Swiss law and "warrant considerable further investigation", including handing over the evidence to Swiss and American prosecutors.

They include Blatter, Valcke and Kattner being given a combined CHF23 million (£17.6 million/$23.4 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating such bonuses".

The information also shows Valcke and Kattner were awarded a combined CHF14.4 million (£11 million/$15 million/€13 million) following the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

Kattner was handed an additional four-year contract extension on May 30 last year, just three days after six FIFA officials were arrested in dawn raids in Zurich, which guaranteed more than eight years of future salary and bonus payments totalling up to CHF9 million (£7 million/$9 million/€8 million) in the event of his dismissal.

FIFA's Ethics Committee has since opened formal proceedings against the three former officials.

Blatter is also waiting to hear the verdict of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he appealed his six-year ban.

The Swiss has already vowed to "accept" the CAS decision.