Blatter had lunch at Wembley with English FA chiefs today as one of the first meetings on the campaign trail for re-election - FIFA have confirmed he will have just one challenger, Asian confederation chief Mohamed Bin Hammam, in the election on June 1.

Many figures in the FA are still furious at FIFA's complete rejection of the England bid, especially as Blatter had highlighted the fact that Russia and Qatar had never hosted the tournament before after they were announced as the 2018 and 2022 winners in December.

Blatter was accompanied by FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke today while the FA was represented by chairman David Bernstein, general secretary Alex Horne, director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking and head of international relations Jane Bateman.

It is understood Blatter gave assurances that no strategy was in place to target new hosts and also promised that FIFA would never again hold the vote for two tournaments at the same time.

An FA statement said the talks with Blatter had ranged over a number of issues including World Cup bidding.

"The meeting covered a range of topics including a review of recent decisions taken by the International Football Association Board, FIFA committee issues, the international football calendar, third-party ownership, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the process of bidding to host FIFA World Cup tournaments," the statement read.

"Mr Blatter also took the opportunity to update the FA on his candidacy for a further term as FIFA president."

Earlier, Blatter had said he would answer questions about England's failed 2018 bid "according to his conscience".

Blatter said on a visit to the SportAccord conference in London: "I have never been to the new Wembley and this is a courtesy visit. I don't know what they will ask me but I'll give the answers I can give according to my conscience."

Bernstein has insisted the FA will study the manifestos of both candidates before the board makes a decision who to back.

However, leading figures from both the amateur and professional game are keen to back Bin Hammam. One said last month the FA should back "any credible challenger" to Blatter.

England 2018 secured just two out of a possible 22 votes of the FIFA executive committee, and one of those was from England's FIFA vice-president Geoff Thompson.

Meanwhile, Bin Hammam said he will write to Blatter saying the election is a chance for both to prove that FIFA is not corrupt.

He said on his personal internet site: "I will write to the current FIFA president to congratulate him for putting his name forward for a fourth term. I will let him know that I see this election as an opportunity for us to prove that FIFA is not corrupt and that the organisation is open and democratic.

"I will tell him that throughout this campaign we should respect FIFA's statutes and protect FIFA's integrity by ensuring that there will be no outside interference in the attempt to win votes; the influence of third parties should not be tolerated or accepted.

"I am sure that Mr Blatter will do his utmost to implement, in this campaign, FIFA's principles pertaining to the elections as enshrined in FIFA statutes."