England defender Tyrone Mings believes it would be a "huge step" in the fight for equality if the next Football Association chairman was a black man or woman.

Greg Clarke resigned as chairman of the governing body on Tuesday, having used the word "coloured" among other controversial comments before a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee earlier in the day.

The incident occurred just a fortnight after the FA launched its new diversity code, which aims to ensure more candidates from ethnic minorities can land top jobs.

"Like I said, it's not necessarily the stuff that you can see, it's not necessarily the visual stuff. It's not necessarily the black people stood on the side. It's about how they got there.

"It's about the pathways that they have, it's about the equal opportunity that they have to get those jobs.

"I think that's what we're trying to create with the code and I think that's what will give us real lasting change.

"There's no point placing someone there, them failing and then saying, 'Oh, we tried'. It's about how can we improve the process."