Mr Clarke said: "I will find out whether those questions were asked."

He confirmed that Allardyce was given a pay-off when he left his post, but would not disclose how much. Previous reports have suggested the sum was £1 million.

Jason McCartney MP asked Mr Clarke: "How can you justify getting rid of an England manager who was in the wrong and paying him off when there are grass roots clubs who are struggling to get teams out onto the pitch?"

Mr Clarke said: "By following the law of the land and taking advice from an eminent QC.

"I think any right-thinking person would rather spend the money on facilities for people who play the game."

After the meeting Mr Collins told the Telegraph that the FA and police should "absolutely" investigate the claims about Warnock.

He said: "It was two and a half years ago that the allegation was made and I don’t think these things should be left there. If there has never been any investigation into it, it should be investigated.

“My concern and the reason I bought it up was…they [the FA] were clearly aware of this because they had taken disciplinary action against the player but had they actually bothered to investigate the allegations he was making?

"What the FA should be doing when these allegations are made, particularly from people within football, is that they are properly looked at. And I think what would be interesting to know is if the FA confirm that they took disciplinary action against the player for posting the comments on Twitter but did they bother to investigate why he’d done it? They need to understand from him or maybe speak to other people at the club to see whether they could corroborate what had been said."

Warnock said in a statement: "These allegations are completely and utterly false.

"The FA Commission considered all of the evidence in detail in 2014 and it found that the allegations which were published about me were unfounded. Any suggestion that the FA failed to investigate this matter is simply untrue.

"In fact, Mr Puncheon apologised to me and removed the allegations from his Twitter account. The FA fined him £15,000 and he was warned as to his future conduct.

"I am disappointed that these allegations have been repeated after Mr Puncheon’s apology and after the FA investigated fully. If anyone had asked me the truth before publication, I would have pointed them to the FA website, where the facts are all easily accessible."