Is 'crusader' Davies bidding for top job?

David Davies, once a bastion of the FA, has spent the week putting the football world to rights with daily Alastair Campbell- like outpourings in a national broadsheet and on Sky. Repel the foreign invasion, curb the greed, open up disciplinary hearings, give refs technological assistance, he demands.

One might question why he did not press these fundamental issues while he was the FA's executive director, or if he did, why was he ignored? Winning the World Cup in 2010 should be the priority, argues Davies (pictured), though one suspects he feels bidding for it in 2018 is an even greater one. Especially as England would need a charismatic bid leader, a role the born-again crusader is believed to strongly fancy himself.

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