Former footballer Zander Murray has revealed that David Coote reached out to him back in 2022 after he first came out as gay.
Coote was dismissed as a Premier League referee in December 2024 after the emergence of videos earlier in the year that saw him call ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp 'a German ****'.
Footage also emerged alleging to show him sniffing a white powder through a rolled-up bank note.
It was apparently taken during the summer's European Championship. The PGMOL found Coote's actions made his position as a Premier League official 'untenable' and the organisation headed up by Howard Webb terminated his employment with immediate effect.