It feels like a fresh start is on the horizon for world football, which is great.

People are probably sick of hearing about alleged FIFA corruption and the shenanigans surrounding Sepp Blatter, but this is a completely new deal.

During Blatter’s complete reign as president of the world governing body of the game, the stench of corruption allegations has hung over pretty much everything FIFA have done.

Even the correct payments which have been made, and honest deals that have been done, have been tainted by the assumption from most of the western footballing world that something underhand might have been going on.

It feels like we could have a sort of domino effect now the American authorities, mainly the FBI, have got Chuck Blazer to spill the beans. Their investigation is ongoing but you get the feeling more individuals will be implicated and fall.

I suppose the incredible turn of events surrounding Blatter, when he was returned to office for a fifth term and then, only two days later, announced he was stepping down has made this whole saga even more extra-ordinary.

Sent to Coventry

In fairness to Greg Dyke, David Gill and other senior officials at our FA, they have often been a lone dissenting voice at FIFA delegations, almost being derided and being sent to Coventry by many other delegates, because they’ve taken a stance against Blatter.

They continue to call for reform and, right now, it feels like hopefully we can look forward to a new start for the footballing world.

Blatter has run FIFA like his own little country, where everyone has been appointed through him and fed off him, and it would have been like turkeys voting for Christmas for people to have gone against him.

It will take a little time, but hopefully we can move on with more transparency and different people steering the ship.

The football season may be over domestically, but we have the big final still to come on Saturday evening in Berlin.

The Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus certainly features the two best teams we have seen in the competition this time.

Barcelona’s front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have been outstanding.

But if there is a team in European football that could possibly turn the tables on Barca, then it has to be Juventus.

Everyone in the Juve team knows their role, and the Italian willingness to work defensively gives them a genuine chance of upsetting the odds.

My money will be on the draw after 90 minutes – the odds will be something like 14/5 or 12/5.

I do think Barcelona may win it in the end, but I have been impressed whenever I’ve seen Juventus turn up this season so I’m going to back them to take the game to extra-time.