Premier League referee David Coote suspended for insulting Klopp

Premier League referee David Coote has been suspended for insulting Jurgen Klopp in a video. The investigation is ongoing.

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The English refereeing organization “Professional Match Officials Limited” (PGMOL) has temporarily suspended English referee David Coote. The reason was a video that surfaced on social media on Monday in which Coote wildly insulted Liverpool Football Club and, in particular, former coach Jurgen Klopp. The authenticity of the recording has not been officially confirmed, but the referee himself reportedly accepted the ban and confirmed the video was authentic.

In the video, apparently filmed on a mobile phone by one of Kout's friends, the referee repeatedly calls Klopp the British insult “cunt” or “German cunt”, a serious offense on the island. insult. He also called the former Liverpool boss “arrogant” and cited an incident during Liverpool's 2020 showdown with Burnley when Klopp called him a liar and verbally attacked him.

Coote's friend then concluded: “Long story short: Jurgen Klopp is a 'bastard', Scousers are bastards and we hate Scousers.”

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PGMOL has now announced in a statement: “David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation. PGMOL will not be making any further statements until this process is complete.”

In the second video, Coote also requested that the first video not be released to the public under any circumstances. “Let me be clear: That last video is not allowed anywhere, seriously,” he said there. His friend added: “He is a Premier League referee, let's not ruin his career. We are not that bad.” (t-online.de/abu)