FIFA's vice president Jack Warner has resigned after last month's suspension amid claims of World Cup bidding corruption.

Warner and Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam were accused of offering $40,000 cash payments to Caribbean voters.

Warner's departure means the bribery investigation against him 'is dropped.

He released a statement to say he is quitting "to spare FIFA, CONCACAF and, in particular, CFU and its membership, from further acrimony and divisiveness arising from this and related issues."

His will be hoping to salvage his political career in his native Trinidad and Tobago, where he is a government minister.

FIFA said his resignation meant that ''all ethics committee procedures against him have been closed and the presumption of innocence is maintained."