Jose Mourinho will face no punishment after missing Premier League manager's summit

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Jose Mourinho will face no retrospective action from the Premier League after snubbing their mandatory managers’ summit on Tuesday.

A raft of top-flight bosses attended the meeting at London’s Gloucester Place, while Mauricio Pochettino and a number of others sat through a separate briefing in Stoke last Wednesday.

Sportsmail understands that Mourinho had forewarned the Premier League of his absence earlier in the week and will not be fined after the no-show.

Jose Mourinho will face no retrospective action after missing the Premier League's managers’ summit

Mourinho speaks to the press during the Premier League season media launch event on Wednesday

Premier League officials stated on Wedensday they had accepted the Chelsea manager’ s legitimate reasoning and that Chelsea had made arrangements for him to be handed any relevant documents.

Mourinho explained: ‘I can’t be in two places at the same time. I had to make a very important appearance for my club’s sponsor launch of Yokohama shirts.’

The Portuguese remains at loggerheads with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after their failure to shake hands at the end of Sunday’s Community Shield at Wembley.

The Chelsea boss missed the summit to make an 'important appearance' for a sponsor launch on Tuesday

Arsene Wenger (right) made no effort to shake hands with Mourinho after their Community Shield clash

A seemingly delighted Wenger arrives for the annual English Premier League managers meeting on Tuesday

That doesn’t bother Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore, who has maintained their prickly relationship is good for the game.

‘What would be worse is a meaningless handshake where it meant nothing so at the end of the day it is an issue between two individuals,’ he said.

‘The authenticity is far more important. Shake hands if you mean it. If there is some enmity between you, that is for individuals to decide.’

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore believes Wenger and Mourinho's relationship is good for the game and it is up to the individuals to shake hands or not

Mourinho will have taken a keen interest in the Football Association’s new touchline code of conduct as they crackdown on abuse volleyed at fourth officials or opposition benches.

Guidelines state that escalating rows will no longer be tolerated, with a two-strike system agreed by all clubs.

Mourinho backed the proposals, while seemingly taking a dig at Wenger after the pair were involved in a severe altercation at Stamford Bridge last season when hands were raised on both sides. ‘I just hope it’s for everybody,’ Mourinho said. ‘If it is for everybody I completely agree.’