Last year two of FIFA's 24-man ruling Executive Committee, Tahiti's Reynald Temarii and Nigeria's Amos Adamu, were suspended after allegations they had offered to sell their votes in the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to undercover reporters from the Sunday Times.

As a result, the pair missed vote last month in which FIFA chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup followed by Qatar in 2022.

"I will take care of it personally, to make sure that there is no corruption at FIFA," Blatter said in an interview with the Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung.

"This committee will strengthen our credibility and give us a new image in terms of transparency."

He said the committee would consist of seven to nine members "not only from sport but from politics, finance, business and culture", although Blatter would not be on the committee himself.

"The committee must be independent to guarantee maximum credibility.

"I want to present this committee to the FIFA Congress here in Zurich at the start of June."

FIFA already has an Ethics Committee - formerly led by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe - which dealt with last year's case in which four other officials were also suspended.

A BBC Panorama programme broadcast three days before the World Cup vote alleged three FIFA officials, Paraguay's Nicolas Leoz, Cameroon's Issa Hayatou and Brazil's Ricardo Teixeira, took bribes in the 1990s.

Denying any wrongdoing, FIFA vice-president Hayatou has threatened to sue while Leoz and Teixeira are said to have also denied wrongdoing.

FIFA said at the time the case was "definitely closed" as allegations had already been investigated in Switzerland, with no officials being convicted.

But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have referred to the case of Hayatou, who is also a member of their organisation, to its own Ethics Commission.

Blatter, who stands for re-election in June, said he had never thought about resigning as FIFA was rocked by last year's allegations.

"Not for a single moment have I thought, I must now go," said Blatter, who is also a member of the IOC.

"I'm staying for longer. But I need a lot of strength, to endure the fierce criticism against me."


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