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A BLACKPOOL footballer has today opened up about his "massive relief" after revealg he is gay.Striker Jake Daniels, 17, is the first profsnal fo

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BLACKPOOL'S JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER ENGLISH FOOTBALL SCE JT FASHANU

Blackpool striker Jake Daniels has e out publicly as gay, beg the first player English football to do so sce Jt Fashanu. * blackpool striker comes out as gay *

The 17-year-old has followed the footsteps of Josh Cavallo and Matt Morton revealg his orientatn publiclyBlackpool striker Jake Daniels has e out publicly as gay, beg the first player English football to do so sce Jt 17-year-old, who ma his senr but for the club earlier this month agast Peterborough Uned the Champnship, jos a rare band of profsnal sportsmen wh the men's game to intify as LGBTQ+.

I’ve known my whole life that I’m gay, and I now feel that I’m ready to e out and be myself. The teenage forward is the first Brish male footballer to e out publicly sce Jt Fashanu, and he says he hop that his cisn to go public about his sexualy will enurage othersJake Daniels has bee the first active Brish male footballer to e outBlackpool striker Jake Daniels, 17, has bee the first active Brish male profsnal footballer to e out as gay. "I n't really put a date on , but I was probably five or six years old when I knew I was gay.

"At that age you don't really thk that football and beg gay don't mix. The Football vs Homophobia anisatn add: "Football v Homophobia would like to ngratulate Jake on takg this step to share his thentic self the men's profsnal game, pecially at such a young age.

BLACKPOOL FOOTBALLER JAKE DANIELS, 17, BRAVELY OUT AS GAY HISTORIC STATEMENT

Blackpool striker Jake Daniels beme the first Brish profsnal footballer to e out as gay for more than 30 years back May and he has sisted he has no regrets about the cisn * blackpool striker comes out as gay *

"There have prevly been players who felt that they had no place the game as out gay men durg their playg reers, but Jake is showg the world that you n be yourself. Blackpool striker Jake Daniels beme the first Brish profsnal footballer to e out as gay for more than 30 years back May and he has sisted he has no regrets about the cisnJake Daniels has sisted he has no regrets about g out as gay Jake Daniels has opened up on the moment he me out as the UK's first openly gay profsnal footballer for more than 30 years.

And now he has opened up on his team-mat' first reactn to the news that he would be g out as gay. People associate beg gay wh beg weak or beg feme and 's not the se at the end of the day. Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has announced he is gay, beg the first active male Brish profsnal footballer to do so sce the late Jt Fashanu 1990.

FOOTBALL: BLACKPOOL STRIKER JAKE DANIELS OUT AS FIRST ACTIVE GAY MALE ENGLISH PLAYER

There is still no openly gay player the Premier League.

"The subject of beg gay, or bi or queer men's football, is still a taboo.

JAKE DANIELS: BLACKPOOL STRIKER REVEALS HE IS GAY AS HE BE FIRST FOOTBALLER TO E OUT SCE JT FASHANU

"People see beg gay as beg weak, somethg you n be picked on for on the football field.

Of urse I am aware that there will be a reactn to this and some of will be homophobic, maybe a stadium and on social media. Daniels is the send active openly gay player the world, after Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo me out late 2021.

A BLACKPOOL footballer has today opened up about his "massive relief" after revealg he is gay. 5Jake Daniels of Blackpool has e out as gayCred: Rex. The young forward said he no longer wanted to live a lie - after knowg he was gay om a young age.

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