FA chief exectutive Brian Barwick’s lawyer Simon Johnson was also in attendance.
Adrian Bevington, the FA’s head of communications, said: "This was part of the process that was always going to start once the Uruguay game (on March 1) was out of the way."
One Soho Square executive said at the weekend: "Anybody who tells you that he knows who the next England manager is going to be, is lying."
Curbishley’s admirers at Soho Square include Dave Richards, the vice-chairman of the FA’s international committee and Sir Trevor Brooking, the director of football development.
Source: The Sunday Times