FORMER Premier League referee David Coote (left) has been given an eight-week suspension and told to attend an education programme over abusive words he used about ex-Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp.

Coote was charged by the Football Association in June after the comments about Klopp came to light in a video circulated on social media last November.

The FA said he had subsequently admitted the charge.

Coote’s misconduct was defined as an aggravated breach under the FA’s rules because there was a reference to Klopp’s nationality.

Coote was sacked by Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) last December, a month after the video filmed in July 2020 came to light.

PGMOL said in confirming Coote’s dismissal last December that his position had become “untenable.”

In it, Coote is heard saying it had been “s***” to be fourth official at a Liverpool match in the summer of 2020, describing Klopp as a “German c***”. He also said Klopp was “f****** arrogant”.

When the FA charged him over the Klopp comments in June, the governing body said Coote would face no further action in regard to separate allegations of gambling misconduct, which he had strenuously denied. The FA said those allegations had been fully investigated.

Coote was banned by European football’s governing body Uefa in February until June 30, 2026 after a different video emerged of him snorting a white powder through a bank note while in Germany for last summer’s Euros.