"Today's meeting was the first of a series of meetings with Premier League managers," he told us last night.

"We had two hours of lively discussion and it can certainly be regarded as a success.

"Because this was the first of a series of meetings, we were not looking to draw definitive conclusions today.

"However, by the end of the meetings, it's our intention to draw up a statement of collective intent that we will all work towards. At that time, we'll be happy to discuss this publicly.

"It's fair to say that, judging by the success of today's meeting, we should have had more of this kind of discussion in the past.

"Sven and I are very much looking forward to tomorrow's meeting."

We'll keep you right up to date with this story.

From Daniel Freedman

David Davies and Sven-Goran Eriksson are chairing the meetings.

Here's who will be there:

Wednesday

Thursday

Sir Alex Ferguson

Steve McClaren

Sir Bobby Robson

Arsene Wenger

Peter Reid

Gerard Houllier

David Moyes

Gordon Strachan

Alan Curbishley


* Claudio Ranieri, Glenn Roeder and Graham Taylor are unable to attend
** A third meeting will take place before the end of the season We will keep you updated with this story.

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