Ramon Vega exclusive: FIFA delay in deciding Infantino's fate goes against all his promises about transparency

And still the wait goes on. Here we are at the end of July and still nothing from FIFA’s ethics committee as to whether the FIFA president Gianni Infantino will face a formal inquiry into allegations of ethics breaches, allegations he strongly denies.

This uncertainty must be resolved, with clarification of where we are at with all of this a matter of real urgency if the organization is going to be able to move forward.

It is simply not good enough that this has been dragging on for so long. All parties concerned suffer with the lack of clarity.

What is taking so long? And why? One of the key tenets of this supposedly new FIFA was an emphasis on transparency and winning back the trust of the public.

If that is going to happen, decisions must be made quickly and efficiently.

I just haven’t seen this happen over the past few months and this is just the latest episode, suggesting to me that the FIFA we were hoping for - a dynamic, streamlined FIFA that actively and purposely engages with the global football-loving community - is not materialising.

And that is why I want to reiterate my desire to bring about real change to an organization that has been a laughing stock around the world.

I want to underline my longstanding commitment to putting myself forward as someone who could come in from the outside to shake things up and bring in fresh faces and ideas to ensure there is a total rupture from the past. Things are just not moving fast enough.

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We have said it time and time again – FIFA needs radical change, not just mere papering over the cracks, if it is to overcome the challenges ahead and restore faith in its existence.

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It cannot continue to be the bloated ostrich that hides its head in the sand of long-winded preliminary inquiries that meander on and on.

FIFA must learn how to take quick, decisive action in what it does if it is to win back the respect of the only constituency that should really matter to it- true football fans across the planet.

If it cannot do this, it will not survive.