CHUNG MONG JOON said yesterday that Fifa’s most urgent task is to root out corruption, just hours before former vice-president Jack Warner was banned for life.

Outgoing president Sepp Blatter has had criminal proceedings opened against him by the Swiss attorney general while secretary-general Jerome Valcke has been relieved of his duties for allegedly being involved in a World Cup tickets scheme.

Chung, a vice-president, is planning to stand in next year’s presidential election against Uefa chief Michel Platini, who is under the microscope for a £1.3 million payment in 2011 for work done nine years previously.