by David Coote, the disgrace referee, was informed that he could return to football this season.
The leader of the Premier League was dismissed by the professional match match LTD (PGMOL), last November, after a video appeared in which he called Jurgen Klopp, the manager of Liverpool at the time, a “German” and “F ——– arrogant”. The video would have been filmed after Liverpool’s 7-2 defeat against Aston Villa in 2020.
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Other images also seemed to show the white sniff powder in a hotel room, supposed to be during the European championships last summer.
Since he was dismissed by PGMOL, Coote, 43, has since been seen working as a delivery driver. But he received an itinerary in football after the FA declared that it would be free to officer again after having served their own eight -week ban, which began in July, and to finish an education program.
“DC [David Coote] Must undergo and finish a compulsory face -to -face education program, the details of which will be provided to it by the FA, “said FA, in a document relating to their decision to prohibit it.
“If he fails to complete the program satisfactorily [a four-month] Period, it will be immediately suspended from all activities related to football and football until the compulsory program is thus finished. »»
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In an interview The sunCOOTE spoke of his fear of leaving gay in the “macho world” of the Premier League and said that the use of cocaine was an escape.
“I felt a deep feeling of shame during my particular adolescence. I did not go out with my parents until the age of 21. I did not go out to my friends until the age of 25,” said Coote.
“My sexuality is not the only reason that led me to be in this position. But I do not tell an authentic story if I do not say that I am gay and that I had real difficulties in hiding this.”
He added: “Whether it was [returning to football] It would be with a whistle in my hand would be another matter. Certainly not for me to judge. But in terms of using my experience, I hope there will be an opportunity to do it in one way or another. »»
