"Once again this meeting was very encouraging and certainly worthwhile. Like the first, a range of issues were discussed with everyone's input appreciated and listened to," he said. 

"That now brings an end to this round but myself and Sven are looking forward to further discussions with various Premier League managers before the end of the season.

"We are building a platform that will enable us to move forward."

The following Premier League managers attended the meetings, which were chaired by David Davies and Sven-Goran Eriksson:

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 were 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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