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Referees' chiefs provide update on David Coote after he was suspended for calling former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp a 'German ****' in leaked video - and reveal a probe is underway into second viral clip

An investigation into suspended referee David Coote remains ongoing.

PGMOL say they are taking claims against the 42-year-old, who was alleged to have called former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp a ‘German ****’ and the Anfield club ‘s***’, ‘very seriously’.

The refs’ body is also looking into a video of a man alleged to be Coote snorting a white powder in a hotel room during last summer’s Euros, at which he officiated.

A PGMOL spokesperson said: ‘We are following an internal process and taking the allegations into David Coote’s conduct very seriously as part of our ongoing full and thorough investigation.