QPR veteran Rio Ferdinand is being considered as the FA's candidate for British vice-president on FIFA's executive.
QPR defender Ferdinand is one of four past and present footballers - the others being David James, Graeme Le Saux and Paul Elliott - who are in the FA's thoughts for the post, says the Daily Mai.
This is because UEFA executive member David Gill, the most obvious successor when Northern Ireland's Jim Boyce steps down next year, does not want to work with a regime led by Sepp Blatter, who is certain to be re-elected for a fifth term as FIFA president in 2015.
