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Openly gay Leeds Uned director David Haigh says players nfid him - and he believ clubs uld benef mercially if stars e out

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AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS

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At least 20 footballers Premier League and Champnship are gay but they're aaid to e out says ex-club bossOpenly gay Leeds Uned director David Haigh says players nfid him - and he believ clubs uld benef mercially if stars e outDavid Haigh durg his time at Leeds UnedAt least 20 football stars are gay and “aaid” to e out, a top club’s ex-director claims. He was openly gay durg a spell as Leeds Uned MD 2013-14 and says many homosexual players nfid him as a rult. “Young stars advertise brands wh sponsors and beg gay is still seen as a handip.

WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Fifa’s U-turn over the OneLove armband this week reflects a wir lack of support for gay players Brish football * gay football players in premier league *

Amerin player Robbie Rogers me out as gay. “I also thk supportg gay players would be very beneficial to a club mercially.

He spoke out after Belgium fenr Carl Hoefkens told how he had played wh two Premier League footballers who were gay but publicly ‘ the closet’. Mr Haigh was openly gay wh board members and fans at Elland Road, and says many gay players nfid him as a rult. “My figure on the number of gay players is probably a gross unr timate.

Some top stars are open about beg gay wh team mat, but feel too sred to tell their fans, Mr Haigh claims. “They go to gay bars and they do not hi their partners. Dad-of-two Hoefkens, 39, who played for Stoke and Wt Brom om, told Belgian newspaper De Zondag: “I played alongsi three gay footballers, cludg one who was a genuely big name.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet publicly. * gay football players in premier league *

” Mr Haigh was ntacted by gay players om different top flight clubs, but adms was difficult for them to go public about their sexualy. “Beg gay is still seen as a handip and players get enough abe on the pch as is.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS: PL PLAYERS MOURED TO BE GAY

Gay premier league players. The 2022-23 Premier League mpaign has already dispersed for the Internatnal Break for the Fifa World Cup to mence on 20th November 2022. * gay football players in premier league *

Robbie Rogers of the USA has e out as gay. “I don’t thk gay footballers would face a terrible time today, ” he said. ” But he do believe certa untri ‘own upon’ gay relatnships and so club ownership, and sponsors, uld be a problem.

And he add: “I thk supportg gay players would be very beneficial om a mercial perspective.

” There are 4, 000 profsnal footballers the UK, but not one is openly gay. Fifa’s U-turn over the OneLove armband this week reflects a wir lack of support for gay players Brish football. Brish men’s football has never had an easy relatnship wh gay players.

8 MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO DARED TO COME OUT AS GAY

In 1990, Jt Fashanu beme the first football player to publicly e out as gay. Sce then, only seventeen players have done the same. * gay football players in premier league *

Nearly 25 years after Jt Fashanu took his own life, followg years of homophobic abe, Brish football still has not had another openly gay player the top flight.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AN OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP

Two Premier League Football players om the same team are reported to be a openly gay relatnship and have told their team. * gay football players in premier league *

The armband was never much of a gture, but would have been a small act of fiance at the tournament beg award to Qatar, where homosexualy is punishable by imprisonment and some s, ath. “Pathetic, ” said Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, the only out gay player the English league, on Instagram after hearg the news.

It was 32 years ago that Fashanu me out as the first openly gay profsnal footballer.

WHO ARE THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP GAY FOOTBALLERS?

The top sports story of the weekend didn't happen the Wter Olympics or durg any of the llege basketball gam. The top sports story of the weekend volv a burng qutn of Who are the English Premiership gay footballers? * gay football players in premier league *

Sce Fashanu’s ath, there have been untls iativ to stamp out homophobia the stands and support gay footballers.

Former footballer Clarke Carlisle, a proment spokman for player welfare, said eight Premier League players had told him they were gay.

JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990

Yet none the Premier League are out, and Daniels is the only out gay player the English league.

OPENLY GAY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS WOULD GET 'SIGNIFINT ABE', SAYS FA CHAIRMAN

“Football is a socially nservative world, ” says Ross Rais, whose novel, A Natural, is about a gay footballer. Consir the se of (heterosexual) Graeme Le Sx, who played for Chelsea and England the 1990s and 2000s and was brand “gay” for admtg he read The Guardian.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN PREMIER LEAGUE

Premier League footballers openly gay relatnship amid World Cup ntroversy .

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