<p>Thomas Hzlsperger has bee the most high-profile footballer to e out, announcg on Wednday that he is gay</p>
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- THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
- 'WT HAM PLAYERS SAID: "IF MY TEAM-MAT ARE GAY THEY HAVE TO GO"', PATRI EVRA MAK CLAIM
- FORMER MAN UTD FENR PATRICE EVRA CLAIMS SEVERAL WT HAM PLAYERS WANTED GAY TEAM-MAT KICKED OUT
- EX-MAN UNED AND WT HAM STAR PATRICE EVRA PLAYED WH 'AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB'
THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
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Thomas Hzlsperger has bee the most high-profile footballer to e out, announcg on Wednday that he is gay. The former Aston Villa, Wt Ham and Everton player has given a long terview to the German paper Die Ze, which he says that he is talkg about his sexualy bee he wants "to further the bate about homosexualy among sports profsnals".
'WT HAM PLAYERS SAID: "IF MY TEAM-MAT ARE GAY THEY HAVE TO GO"', PATRI EVRA MAK CLAIM
Patrice Evra has claimed that some of his former Wt Ham Uned team-mat would not shower wh gay players and would even ll for them to leave the club. * gay west ham player *
"It's been a long and difficult procs" [of beg aware of beg gay]. "In England, Italy and Germany beg a homosexual is no big thg, at least not the drsg room, " he said, before addg: "I was never ashamed of beg who I am but was not always easy to s on a table wh 20 young men and listen to jok about gays.
FORMER MAN UTD FENR PATRICE EVRA CLAIMS SEVERAL WT HAM PLAYERS WANTED GAY TEAM-MAT KICKED OUT
"Beg gay is topic that is 'ignored' football and not 'a ser topic the changg room'.
Fightg spir, passn and wng mentaly are trsilly lked, that don't f the cliché: 'Gays are soft'" year, the former Leeds Uned player Robbie Rogers me out, tellg the world about his sexualy a statement on his webse.
EX-MAN UNED AND WT HAM STAR PATRICE EVRA PLAYED WH 'AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB'
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