Man Suing Liverpool FC lost his cool in email

A person sueing Liverpool FC claimed that his job application was rejected due to racial discrimination, accusing an HR director of “white privileges” and “Bigotry”.

Asad Farooq claimed that he was not offered the post of first team operating officer in the Premier League giant in 2022 as due to “unconscious bias” from the hiring team.

However, the club said that Mr. Farooq did not have enough experience of the day-to-day operating functioning of the football club.

One Employment Tribunal Hurd Mr. Farooq complained to the Club’s Human Resource (HR) department, and after the club refused to share a detailed figures about the diversity of his workforce, he “lost his calm”.

In email, for the director of reviving Jenny Ryan, he accused him of showing “white privileges and ignorance”.

Mr. Farooq wrote: “Once I proved that discrimination is present in the club, you need to resign and leave my club !! Your club is not welcome to your fanaticism.”

Giving evidence at the Liverpool Civil Justice Center, he apologized for email, told the tribunal that he worked out of “despair”.

“I hold my hands, it should not have been said, I lost my cool,” he said.

“But we are humans and we make mistakes.”

The job was eventually given to Zac Foley, who was the academy football operating manager and former-acceptance manager at Blackburn Rovers.

Representing Mr. Farooq, Younus Lunat argued that his customer experience manages a catering contract in the 2022 Qatar World Cup and appropriate due to the racial “stereotyping” to previous roles as a team contact officer for the Football Association The consideration was not given.

However, Anisa Niaz-Dixon, who represented Liverpool FC, reported that three non-white people, including two of mixed Asian and white heritage, were given shortlists and interviews for jobs.

The tribunal had heard that there was an initial “shifting” process where the applications of Mr. Farooq and Mr. Foli were rejected due to their salary demands.

However, after rejecting the job offer to the club’s favorite candidate, the process was resumed and both men came back to the frame.

Mr. Farooq’s application was rejected again.

The head of Hiring Manager, First Team Operations Lewis Dobson, the Hiring Manager for Bhumika, told the Tribunal that his race had no “no prejudice” against Mr. Farooq due to his race.

Ms. Dobson said: “Your customer’s food background was not involved in day-to-day operations as we were watching.”

Ms. Niaz-Dixon told the Tribunal in her closing presentation: “There is no evidence that the second shortlisting was held with any stains of racial bias.”

Mr. Lunat said to the Tribunal: “The claimant is not saying that there was a conscious decision that no person of his ethnicity should be recruited here, it does not happen,” he said.

“The case here is that there is a physical effect due to breed or ethnicity, which is why it is the case.”

The judge is ready to take a decision on the case on Wednesday.