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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Hannah Al-Othman, North of England correspondent

Race discrimination claim against Liverpool thrown out by tribunal

Anfield
Liverpool successfully argued there was ‘no evidence whatsoever that race played any part at all’, after they did not give an interview to Asad Farooq. Photograph: Peter Powell/PA

A man who had claimed that Liverpool Football Club had unlawfully discriminated against him because of his race has had his claim thrown out by an employment tribunal.

Asad Farooq had applied for a job as a first-team operations officer in November 2022. The “high-pressure” role involved supporting the team in their day-to-day activities.

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