David Coote tried to set up ‘drugs party’ while officiating Tottenham vs Man City

Callum McAvoyPublished Nov 15, 2024, 10:31am|Updated Nov 15, 2024, 10:32am

Referee David Coote allegedly attempted to organise a ‘drugs party’ portion helium was officiating a lucifer betwixt Tottenham and Manchester City past month.

On Monday, Coote was suspended from home refereeing duty by the PGMOL [Professional Game Match Officials Ltd] aft a video emerged of him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and their erstwhile manager Jurgen Klopp.

The 42-year-old appeared to telephone Liverpool ‘s**t’ and Klopp a ‘German c**t’ aft a lucifer successful 2020.

Then connected Wednesday, different video emerged appearing to amusement him snorting a achromatic powder, which was supposedly recorded portion Coote was connected work astatine Euro 2024.

UEFA person besides suspended the Premier League referee and investigations person been launched into the 2 incidents.

Now, a study from The Sun claims that Coote contacted a person conscionable minutes earlier helium was acceptable to officiate a monolithic cupful clash, trying to organise a ‘drugs party’ successful a edifice for aft the match.

The crippled successful question was Tottenham’s 2-1 triumph implicit Man City successful the Carabao Cup connected October 30, wherever Coote was the 4th official.

The person successful question told The Sun: ‘On the time of the crippled helium was messaging maine repeatedly and wanting a drugs enactment aft he’d finished at Spurs.

‘He didn’t publication the Travelodge until conscionable earlier kick-off, past sent a notification 11 minutes from the crippled starting. It was crazy.

‘City striker Erling Haaland was connected the bench, truthful I was watching them connected TV beauteous overmuch broadside by side. And moments earlier and afterwards helium sent maine messages.’

With kick-off astatine 8.15pm, it is said helium booked a country astatine a Travelodge astatine 7.38pm and sent a booking notification to idiosyncratic other astatine 8.04pm.

Coote past texted the person again astatine the break, saying: ‘Hope you’re getting ready’.

‘When helium messaged maine astatine half-time I thought it was truthful surreal. Surely helium should person been concentrating connected the game, not arranging drugs parties,’ the person added.

The enactment ne'er occurred however: ‘I didn’t consciousness similar gathering up successful the extremity truthful told him I couldn’t marque it.

‘He went huffy and asked for the £73.99 full booking interest back.’

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