Anger at England's treatment during their 2018 World Cup bid defeat has convinced FA chiefs that it is time for a change at the top of FIFA, two senior FA figures have told Press Association Sport.

The FA will even consider writing to Asian football supremo Mohamed Bin Hammam urging him to stand against Blatter.

Although the FA board have yet to take an official position on the FIFA presidency, many board members from both the professional and amateur game are strongly opposed to Blatter, who is seeking a fourth term as president on June 1.

One board member said: "We think three terms is enough. We would consider contacting him (bin Hammam) to offer our support."

Officially, the FA said the issue has yet to be considered by the board.

An FA spokesman said: "The matter has not been discussed but will be considered by the FA board when nominations have closed and the FIFA Congress agenda has been published."

The explosion of resentment towards FIFA and Blatter was sparked by England's 2018 bid defeat in December, when they were knocked out in the first round of voting with only two votes.

Immediately afterwards, the FA's acting chairman Roger Burden withdrew his candidacy to be the permanent chairman because he "could not trust" FIFA.

Burden is from the amateur side of the game but board members from the professional side are known to be equally furious with the current FIFA regime.

Bin Hammam, a 61-year-old former ally of Blatter, has been dropping hints for several months that he might stand against the 75-year-old but he wants to ensure that he has a real chance of victory before confirming his candidature.

Blatter has built up a strong powerbase within the 204 national associations who make up FIFA and would be difficult to unseat.

Blatter himself said "the race is open" and admitted FIFA needed to communicate better.

He said at a news conference this weekend: "We are now in an elected process (June 1, Zurich) and the race is open. I have received support from different national associations to stand again.

"If I win then okay, if lose I say 'thank you' then go away. You will have your new face and then we will see what will happen.

"But I take our communication as a burden to me because I'm coming from communication. I'm not happy with what we do. Because we could communicate a bit better what we are doing and then the perception would be different.

"I'm trying to bring some social and cultural impact. If there are some other candidates then we will face other candidates. That's a democratic system.

"The world will not stop and football will not stop."

Blatter pointed to his record in taking the World Cup to South Africa, saying it was "the most splendid World Cup ever", a financial success and an inspiration to the African continent.

The FA supported Blatter when he first stood for the FIFA presidency in 1998 but backed his defeated opponent Issa Hayatou in 2002. Blatter was re-elected unchallenged in 2007.