PREMIER LEAGUE referee David Coote is facing the axe for his shocking comments about Liverpool and former boss Jurgen Klopp.
The 42-year-old was suspended by the PGMOL on Monday after a video showing him berating Liverpool and ex-manager Jurgen Klopp emerged on social media.
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In the clip, he can be seen branding the Merseyside club “s**t” and calling Klopp a “c***” while talking to another man.
He later said in a separate video: “Just to be clear, that f***ing last video cannot go anywhere, seriously.”
Just a few hours after the bombshell clips began circulating online, the PGMOL released a statement which read: “David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation.
“PGMOL will be making no further comment until that process is complete.”
The comments are believed to have been made following Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Burnley in July 2020.
Klopp confronted Coote at full-time after the referee neglected to give the Reds a penalty late in the match.
Burnley’s Johann Gudmundsson appeared to bring Andy Robertson down in the box, but the spot-kick was not awarded.
Ex-Reds boss Klopp then lambasted the official at full-time.
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Coote has now been booted off UEFA’S match list as the fallout grows from his astonishing video rant.
He will not be appointed to any UEFA matches for the foreseeable future – including the current international break.
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