I had many questions for David Coote. Why did a once respected referee, seemingly at the top of his game, see fit to film himself snorting a white powder with a US bank note in a hotel room while on duty at last summer’s European Championship?
Why did he think a video of him describing Jurgen Klopp as an ‘absolute c***’, clearly taken in drink, had been leaked? What did he think was going to happen next? Did he want to referee again? Did he think there was any way back?