News Frank Lowy says he will allow Gallop to take the reins at Football Federation Australia Author Matthew Galea Matthew is an avid sports fan, coach, player and writer. He is set to complete a major in Media & Communications at the University of Melbourne this year, and has been providing opinion on the English Premier League for FourFourTwo Australia as well as acting as Melbourne Heart Football Club's official supporter blogger for the last 12 months. Frank Lowy is looking forward to taking a step back from the day-to-day running of Football Federation Australia, as he pledges to give new FFA CEO David Gallop more freedom to run the game. Frank Lowy spoke frankly in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, stating that a "blueprint is in place" for the future of the game, expressing his confidence that Gallop was the man to execute that plan. The A-League has enjoyed a very promising start to the season, with marquee signings such as Alessandro Del Piero and Emile Heskey seeing matchday attendance and television ratings go up on last season, and a new television rights deal, worth a reported $39 million per year to the competition, set to be announced in the coming weeks. Gallop stated at his press conference that the FFA was at "an execution rather than creation of new strategy phase", which Lowy agreed with, stating that he was happy to let Gallop execute the FFA's strategies on his own, stating that he was happy to take