Monday, November 18, 2024 - Suspended Premier League referee David Coote reportedly tried to arrange an upcoming 'drugs party' during Manchester City's Carabao Cup defeat to Tottenham in October.
The disgraced referee, 42, allegedly sent texts during the
half-time break to orchestrate a narcotics-fuelled gathering in a Travelodge
hotel room for after the match.
According to The Sun, Coote booked a hotel room at
7.38pm and sent a booking notification to somebody else at 8.04pm - just 11
minutes ahead of kick-off.
The latest damning allegations claim that Coote messaged a
friend saying 'hope you're getting ready (to meet)' during the half-time break
of City's 2-1 loss to Spurs.
Coote has already been suspended by the PGMOL after a
video surfaced of him calling Jurgen Klopp a 'German ****' while
another clip has come to light of a man alleged to be him snorting white
powder during Euro 2024, where he was an official.
A source told The Sun: 'On the day of the game he was
messaging me repeatedly and wanting a drugs party after he'd finished at Spurs
(where he was the fourth official).
'He didn't book the Travelodge until just before kick-off,
then sent a notification 11 minutes from the game starting. It was crazy.
'Moments before and afterwards he sent me messages. When he
messaged me at half-time I thought it was so surreal.
'Surely he should have been concentrating on the game, not
arranging drugs parties.'
The source claims they eventually pulled out of the meet-up
with Coote and that the official 'went mad' - even requesting £73.99 in
compensation for the booking fee.
It has been a turbulent few days since the original video of
Coote calling Klopp a 'German ****' and Liverpool 's***' came to light on
Monday.
He reportedly initially denied that it was real before
admitting that it was genuine, with the PGMOL investigating the footage.
'Liverpool were s***,' Coote said in the video. '(Klopp is
a) ****, absolute ****. Aside from having a right pop at me when I was
refereeing them against Burnley in lockdown, he accused me of lying and then
had a right f***ing pop of me.
'I have no interest in speaking to someone who is f***ing
arrogant. So I do my best not to speak to him. (James) Milner is all right, I
get on with him. You can see me there with a 'mask' on. But, my god, German
****, f*** me.'
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