Shocked Liverpool legend breaks silence on David Coote’s controversial remarks about Jurgen Klopp and club
Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has broken his silence on referee David Coote’s controversial comments about Jurgen Klopp and the club.
Coote has been suspended by the PGMOL after footage – which appears to be several years old – showed him calling then Reds boss Klopp a ‘German ****’ and ‘bloody arrogant’.
The PGMOL has launched an investigation and is investigating the possibility that it is a deep fake or created using artificial intelligence.
However, Coote, who refereed in Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday, has now admitted it was sincere, the club said. Daily mirror.
Former Reds striker Fowler, who made 369 appearances for the club in two spells, has spoken out about the controversy.
David Coote has reportedly admitted that footage of him calling Jürgen Klopp a ‘German ****’ in a foul-mouthed rant about Liverpool is real
Coote was suspended by the PGMOL after the images on Monday afternoon
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He posted up X: “That David Coote vid can’t be real,” with a shocked emoji.
According to The Mirror’s report, Coote is believed not to remember the content of the entire conversation.
The PGMOL confirmed in a statement on Monday that Coote had been suspended with immediate effect.
It said: ‘David Coote has been suspended with immediate effect pending a full investigation. PGMOL will make no further comment until that process has been completed.”
The astonishing video, which has gone viral on social media, appears to show Coote looking worse for wear as he delivers an explicit rant about the Merseyside club.
“Liverpool was s***,” the man alleged to be Coote said in the video. ‘(Klopp is a) ****, absolutely ****. Apart from right-clicking me when I refereed against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying and then got a bloody punch from me.
“I’m not interested in talking to someone who’s damn arrogant. That’s why I try my best not to talk to him. (James) Milner is doing well, I get on with him. You see me there with a ‘mask’ on. But my god, German, fuck me.”
In a second video, the man added, “Just to be clear, that damn last video isn’t going anywhere, seriously.”
The footage appears to have been taken after Coote officiated the controversial 1-1 draw against Burnley in 2020, when Andy Robertson was left furious with the Premier League referee.
Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp clashed with Coote during a league match in 2022
The match the man alleged to be Coote is referring to in the stunning video was Liverpool’s controversial 1-1 draw with Burnley in 2020.
In the match that saw Liverpool drop points at home for the first time that season, Andy Robertson was caught on camera angrily confronting Coote in an expletive-laden tirade after being denied a penalty.
‘How is that not a punishment, it is a shame; ‘ shouted the Scot angrily after the match. ‘How the hell is that not a punishment? You didn’t see anything.
‘You haven’t seen anything the whole game, except you booked them in the last minute. F*** me. What’s the point of having you in the middle? What’s the point of having you? F*** me. Honestly.’
Coote has been a Premier League referee since 2018 and has since had many clashes with Klopp, who left Anfield at the end of last season.
Midway through last season, during Arsenal’s clash with Liverpool in December, Klopp expressed his anger at Coote and the rest of the match officials after his side were denied a penalty despite Martin Odegaard appearing to handle the ball inside the 18-yard box.