The relationship between clubs, Players and the PGMOL appear to be an all-time low and former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg has called on Webb to organise a stakeholders meeting to try and "reassure" everyone.

“Howard Webb, the PGMOL boss, is smart enough to know that bringing everyone together in the same room can only help his cause,” he wrote in the Daily Mail. “That should include representatives from the Players, managers and clubs.

"He should reassure them by saying, 'Look, we have these problems and this is how we are going to address them'. If you open dialogue with people and are honest, then everyone can work together to help referees and restore respect.”