Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect after a video appeared on social media in which he appeared to launch an expletive-ridden tirade over Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp.
“David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation,” said a statement from English football’s refereeing body. “PGMOL will be making no further comment until that process is complete.”
So far little is known about the video, which appeared on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday, where it appears Coote calls Liverpool “shit” and refers to their former head coach Klopp in a number of profane and derogatory ways.
In the video, the man then refers to an incident involving the two in the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Burnley in July 2020, after which Klopp had criticized the referee for letting “lots of challenges go.” The German …