Man filmed next to David Coote in viral video named and suspended from job | Football

The man filmed next to David Coote in a viral anti-Liverpool video has been named as Ben Kitt, who has been reportedly suspended from his current job.

The football world was left shocked this week after a clip emerged on social media of Premier League referee Coote appearing to call Liverpool ‘s**t’ and former Reds manager Jurgen Klopp a ‘German c**t’ after a match in 2020.

‘C**t. Absolute c**t,’ Coote appears to say when asked by Kitt for his views on Klopp. ‘Aside from having a right pop at me when I refereed them against Burnley in lockdown, then he accused me of lying and then just had a right f****g pop at me. I have no interest in speaking to someone who is f*****g arrogant.’

Coote has been suspended pending a full investigation for those remarks and the same is now true for the other man in the video, with his identify now revealed by The Telegraph.

Kitt is a former cricketer – …