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Jake Daniels hop his cisn to e out will spire gay footballers the Premier League and across world football to do the same. The 17-year-old Blackpool forward has e...

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GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE

Amal Fashanu, whose uncle was Bra's first and only openly gay male profsnal footballer, tells Sky News the foundatn dited to him is offerg support to two Premier League players who are yet to e out publicly. * gay premier league *

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. 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.

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.

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 premier league *

“Pathetic, ” said Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, the only out gay player the English league, on Instagram after hearg the news.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

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

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.

Yet none the Premier League are out, and Daniels is the only out gay player the English league. “Football is a socially nservative world, ” says Ross Rais, whose novel, A Natural, is about a gay footballer.

‘I’D FEEL LIKE I’VE DONE MY JOB’ – JAKE DANIELS WANTS TO SPIRE GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS TO E OUT AND SHARE THEIR STORI

Two Premier League players the same team are a relatnship — and are open about beg a gay uple. * gay premier league *

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. Fans tnted him wh homophobic chants and Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler famoly waggled his backsi at Le Sx durg a match. This week, Fifa is vtigatg the Ecuadorean fans over allegatns of homophobic chantg.

The clubs and the FA have ma efforts to improve the culture wh iativ such as Kick It Out, which mpaigns agast discrimatn and Football v Homophobia, backed by the FA, which offers support to fans, grassroots teams and top-level clubs. Blackpool forward Jake Daniels is the only openly gay player the English league. Even where men’s sport has had one or two high-profile gay players, as wh Gareth Thomas gby unn, they rema outliers.

This is a hot topic particularly bee the host natn, Qatar, is known to crimalise homosexual relatns. Now, has been revealed that two Premier League teammat are a gay an exclive story by The Sun, the two Premier League footballers are reportedly open about beg a gay relatnship, at least as far as the drsg room go.

PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE ‘OPEN’ ABOUT BEG A GAY RELATNSHIP

Premier League players would still suffer "signifint abe" if they chose to reveal they are gay, warns Football Associatn chairman Greg Clarke. * gay premier league *

Earlier this month, the Qatari ambassador to the UK had warned same-sex upl not to kiss public if they will travel to watch the World, World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman ed outrage last week after sayg that beg gay is tantamount to havg "damage the md.

This is why the possibily of havg two active Premier League players speak up about beg gay is such an important topic for the LGBTQ+ muny at the moment.

GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER

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 premier league *

There are mours about other gay players, but remas to be seen if they will e out publicly while still nversatns about the topic will surely ntue to the World Cup, pecially wh thoands of spectators flockg to Qatar to enjoy the event. ‘I’d feel like I’ve done my job’ – Jake Daniels wants to spire gay Premier League footballers to e out and share their stori. Daniels spoke out on his cisn on Monday (Picture: Sky News)Jake Daniels hop his cisn to e out will spire gay footballers the Premier League and across world football to do the same.

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

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

The 17-year-old Blackpool forward has e out as the only open gay male profsnal footballer Bra and jt the send the world after Josh Carvallo of Alai Uned Atralia.

Daniels, who signed his first profsnal ntract wh Blackpool earlier this year, believ other gay male footballers are stgglg wh expectatns over masculy the game. Daniels ma his senr but for Blackpool this month (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)‘I thk down to a lot of footballers wantg to be known as mascule, and I thk beg gay, a lot of people e as beg weak, ’ Daniels told Sky Sports News. ‘So a lot of people would say, “You’re dog that bee you’re gay” and they’re gog to say ’s bee you’re weak, but ’s jt not the se.

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

Gary Leker wants to see a Premier League player e out as gay durg the World Cup Qatar, where homosexualy remas a crime * gay premier league *

Daniels hop other gay footballers, even those the Premier League, n now feel fortable g out or even reachg out to him to help them wh the procs.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS: PL PLAYERS MOURED TO BE GAY

The former England striker said that he know two gay Premier League players who have been “very close” to revealg their sexualy * gay premier league *

‘So I jt want to do that for other people and maybe if there’s Premier League footballers who are gay and ready to e out – or they want to and are jt wag – I want someone to ntact me and ask, “How’s been? MORE: Blackpool forward Jake Daniels be first pro footballer to e out as gay 32 years.

Two Premier League players the same team are a relatnship — and are open about beg a gay relatnship is far om a secret wh the club’s four walls, but the pair are reluctant to e out and make a public announcement, The Sun reports. ”It was first revealed by The Sun earlier this year that a former England ternatnal and Premier League star is talks to film a documentary about potentially g put as the first openly gay player Engilsh football.

Alai Uned star Josh Cavallo last year beme the first Atralian male footballer to e out as gay while still playg.

GARY LEKER SAYS HE KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AND HOP THEY WILL E OUT AT QATAR WORLD CUP

Brave Blackpool player Jake Daniels, 17, revealed he was gay May after gag the acceptance of was uproar this week when Qatari World Cup ambassador Khalid Salman scribed homosexualy as “a damage the md” an terview.

GARY LEKER HOP MALE GAY FOOTBALLER WILL E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUP

England legend Gary Leker, 61, said last month he knows of “one or two” gay Premier League players who have been very close to g Sun unrstands another Premier League footballer is nsirg open up about his sexualy a show currently productn. A source said: “This uld be a massive step forward for gay players.

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A giant mural of England's first openly gay footballer has been unveiled on the si of a Fashanu remas the only male profsnal player to nfirm he was homosexual - amid fears he would be "outed" by a natnal newspaper 1990 - and was ducted to the footballg Hall of Fame spe now beg seen as an spiratn the fight agast homophobia and discrimatn sport, the proud Canary took his own life 1998 - wrg his suici note that beg gay and a personaly was "so hard" former Norwich Cy striker, who beme the UK's first black £1m player when he was sold to Nottgham Fort, ntu to be seen as a legend at the Norfolk Champnship "wonr strike" agast Liverpool at Carrow Road 1980 went on to w Match of the Day's goal of the season now his face has taken pri of place on the si of a Canari supporters pub. A mural of former Norwich Cy player Jt Fashanu, England's first openly gay footballer, has appeared on the Fat Cat and Canary. Great player, sred an amazg goal, the first £1m black player, me out as gay, " he said.

GAY PLAYERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE? EVERTON UPLE SET TO E OUT 2023

There was a lot of homophobia the prs and media and he was hound for the fact that he me out as beg gay. The Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has end s of silence wh men’s football to bee the first player the UK to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Photograph: Pl Dennis/TGS Photo/ShutterstockDaniels’s revelatn is a strikg landmark that when men’s football is more engaged wh social issu than any recent time, but still unable to ce progrs LGBTQ reprentatn wh the year Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo beme the only male top-flight profsnal footballer the world to e out as gay, but others are yet to follow.

In six months the men’s World Cup will be played Qatar, where homosexualy is illegal, and Cavallo revealed to the Guardian he would be “sred” to play at the tournament, the pnacle of world English football specifilly, the shadow of the talented and unfulfilled Fashanu still lgers over the game. The England ternatnal me out at the end of his reer and was to take his own life eight years later, Fashanu, Jt’s niece, who ns a charable foundatn his name, said that Daniels’s cisn would “e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out”.

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