Soccer-FA charges referee Coote in relation to comments on Klopp

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Brentford v Aston Villa - Brentford Community Stadium, London, Britain - December 17, 2023 Referee David Coote shows a red card to Brentford's Ben Mee after checking the VAR monitor Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra

(Reuters) -Premier League referee David Coote was charged by the Football Association on Tuesday in relation to comments he made about former Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp in a video that went viral last year.

Coote had been sacked by English soccer referees' body PGMOL after a video, recorded in July 2020, circulated on social media showing the official allegedly abusing Klopp and after a full investigation, his position was deemed untenable.