Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says he will quit if the organisation cannot win government support for its reform plans. A motion of no confidence in the FA is to be debated in the House of Commons on Thursday after five former FA executives said the governing body had failed to "self-reform". Clarke "strongly disputes" the motion, but accepts FA governance must change. "I don't believe that the FA is failing football," he said. Clarke said the FA had a set of proposals "to improve our governance", which it would ratify and then take to sports minister Tracey Crouch for her approval. "Delivering real change is my responsibility and I firmly believe this is critical for the future of the game," Clarke added.

"If the government is not supportive of the changes when they are presented in the coming months, I will take personal responsibility for that. "I will have failed. I will be accountable for that failure and would in due course step down from my role."

The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will decide on Thursday to examine whether the FA can "comply fully with its duties". It will look at whether reform is impossible within the FA's structure, and new laws may be proposed. But Clarke said the FA was "not sitting idly by", adding: "Change won't be easy, but I am confident it will happen - and it will be substantial." He says the governing body needs to:

• Be more diverse;
• Be more open about decision-making;
• Better represent those playing the game.