• Asad Farooq unsuccessfully applied for first-team support role
• Club argues ‘no evidence that race played any part’

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.