Manuel Ner, the 24-year-old Schalke 04 star, told Germany's Bunte magaze Wednday that gay footballers should go public about their sexualy and 'take a load off their mds'.
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- GERMAN GOALIE ENURAG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO 'E OUT'
- FORMER GOALKEEPER FOR GERMAN NATNAL TEAM ADVIS GAY PLAYERS TO STAY CLOSETED
GERMAN GOALIE ENURAG GAY FOOTBALLERS TO 'E OUT'
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Many people are speculatg whether German footballer Manuel Ner is a closeted homos*xual guy light of his recent statement enuragg g@y footballers to e out. When German soccer player Mar Gomez lled on gay soccer players to e out, surely he wasn’t limg his requt only to male footballers.
Manuel Ner, the 24-year-old Schalke 04 star, told Germany's Bunte magaze Wednday that gay footballers should go public about their sexualy and 'take a load off their mds'. AFP - German ternatnal goalkeeper Manuel Ner exprsed his sire on Wednday for homosexual footballers to go public over their sexualy, addg would take a load off their 24-year-old Schalke 04 star told Bunte magaze that supporters didn't re about a player's sexualy, only how he performed on the pch. "Y, those who are homosexual should say so.
FORMER GOALKEEPER FOR GERMAN NATNAL TEAM ADVIS GAY PLAYERS TO STAY CLOSETED
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“It may sound sad, but I wouldn’t advise [a gay player] to e out, ” Oliver Kahn, 44, says.
He says abe om fans of opposg teams is a potential problem for gay players. While Kahn’s pot of view dovetails wh that of Germany’s current team pta, Philipp Lahm, both men’s perspectiv ntrast wh that of the former head of the German Football Associatn, Theo Zwanziger, who last year lled on gay players to e out of the closet. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also joed the bate late last year when she said gay footballers should have no fear clarg their sexualy, reported.