The PGMOL have no plans to introduce drug testing on match officials in the wake of the recent David Coote scandal, it has emerged.

The refereeing governing body have faced calls to bring in mandatory testing on referees and officials after Coote -who was was shown in a video leaked on social media.

The fallout from said leaks has seen the wider public's faith in match officials plummet. But have revealed that the relevant football authorities and the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) have no appetite to make drug testing for referees mandatory.

The Star reports that their understanding is the PGMOL are unaware of any plans to introduce testing of referees and for now the organisation will continue to follow WADA rules.

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Under the current WADA rules, referees and match officials are not required to undergo mandatory drug tests. And while it's been pointed out that it would be ethically and morally wrong for a referee to be under the influence of drugs in the workplace, it's also been argued that performance enhancing drugs would not affect an official's performance in matches.

Former Premier League official Keith Hackett suggested back in 2000 that match officials should be drug tested, but it was knocked back amid fears that such a move would trigger bad publicity.

Coote has been offered support by the PGMOL following the leaked videos .

The 42-year-old was first shown calling former manager Klopp a "German c***" before the most recent clip of him emerged last week.

A PGMOL spokesperson commented: "David's welfare continues to be of the utmost importance to us and we are committed to providing him with the ongoing support he needs through this period. We are not in a position to comment further at this stage."

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