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• TOM DALEY SAYS HIS 'ONE WISH' IS THAT A PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OUT AS GAY 2022
• 'FORMER ENGLAND AND PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER ULD E OUT AS GAY NEW TV DOCUMENTARY'
• PREMIER LEAGUE STAR SAYS HE IS GAY AN OPEN LETTER... BUT ADMS ONLY HIS FAY AND IENDS KNOW
• PREMIER LEAGUE STAR 'IS GAY BUT TOO SRED TO E OUT PUBLICLY'
• FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE STAR REVEALS TWO TEAM-MAT WERE GAY
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'WANTS TO E OUT AS GAY BUT HIS CLUB ARE WORRIED ABOUT A BACKLASH'
• EX-PLAYER CLAIMS AT LEAST 12 PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL PLAYERS 'ARE GAY BUT AAID TO E OUT'
• ENGLAND'S LE SHAW NI HE IS GAY AFTER GROWG TER MOURS
• TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS 'ARE TO E OUT BEFORE THE START OF NEXT SEASON'
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• GARY LEKER HOP MALE GAY FOOTBALLER WILL E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUP
• THE FEAR OF A GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER: I WILL BE CCIFIED
• TOM DALEY VIO HIGHLIGHTS NTUG PLIGHT OF GAY PEOPLE FOOTBALL
• "A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR GAY PLAYERS" - 2 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE REPORTEDLY A RELATNSHIP AND ULD REVEAL INTI NEAR FUTURE
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'HAVG SECRET GAY AFFAIR' FEARS G OUT
• THOMAS HZLSPERGER BLAM DRSG ROOM FOR KEEPG GAY PLAYERS OM G OUT

TOM DALEY SAYS HIS 'ONE WISH' IS THAT A PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OUT AS GAY 2022

Tom Daley says his 'one wish' is that a Premier League player out as gay 2022 Channel 4 'Alternative Christmas msage', as the Olympic gold medal wner cricis hostg next year's World Cup 'unsafe' QatarTom Daley has been chosen to do Channel 4's 'Alternative Christmas Msage'The diver says his one Christmas wish is for a Premier League player to e outThere is only one male profsnal player currently playg who is openly gayAtralian Josh Cavallo is the only gay player out of 650, 000 profsnal starsIn his speech, Daley will highlight the World Cup beg staged Qatar next yearQatar, whose World Cup England have qualified fo, has a poor LGBTQ+ rerd Updated: 22:35 BST, 24 December 2021. Daley, who first told the world he was a relatnship wh a man eight years ago this month, says a first openly gay Premier League footballer would be a groundbreakg moment and uld spire other youngster to exprs their sexualy. "'That person would spire gay people everywhere, give hope to thoands of teenagers stgglg wh their sexualy and save the liv of untls young people who don't currently feel like they have a place this world.

'Tom Daley will say his 'one Christmas wish' is for a Premier League player to e out 2022 his Channel 4 speech There is only one profsnal male footballer who is openly gay - wh none English footballThere has been no openly gay footballer Premier League history who me out durg his playg days, but some - for example ex-Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger - have announced their homosexualy after they retired. Atralian Josh Cavallo (above) is the only profsnal footballer currently playg who is openly gay after his g out October Olympic champn Daley (left, wh hband Dt Lance Black) is one of Bra's most famo gay sportsmenMeanwhile, the English Women's Super League has several openly gay footballers across several squads.

Former England and Premier League footballer 'uld e out as gay a new TV documentary' followg Blackpool star Jake Daniels' announcement this weekAn ex-England and Premier League player uld e out as gay The player is talks over appearg a new Channel 4 documentaryJake Daniels beme the openly gay male profsnal player Bra Updated: 00:31 BST, 22 May 2022.

'FORMER ENGLAND AND PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER ULD E OUT AS GAY NEW TV DOCUMENTARY'

A statement read: 'Jake's announcement will e as a huge fort to the many footballers at all levels of the game - om grass roots to the profsnal leagu - still secretly livg as gay and who still feel unable to e out.

PREMIER LEAGUE STAR SAYS HE IS GAY AN OPEN LETTER... BUT ADMS ONLY HIS FAY AND IENDS KNOW

An unnamed Premier League footballer has revealed that he is gay an open letter – but is keepg his sexualy secret om his the open letter, which is aimed at thori and fans, he opens up about the daily torment he is currently facg and says he is takg the 'huge step' of revealg his sexualy. The footballer add that his sport is not ready for a player to announce he is openly gayThe men were Robbie Rogers, who played for Leeds Uned om 2006 to 2017, and Thomas Hlzberger, who played for Aston Villa, Wt Ham and Everton between 2001 and 2013.

PREMIER LEAGUE STAR 'IS GAY BUT TOO SRED TO E OUT PUBLICLY'

'The news after Watford striker Troy Deeney claimed last month that there is probably one gay player every football 31-year-old said: 'I would go on rerd sayg that there is probably one gay or bi person every football team.

I am too foced on ’s when I get back on the plane or the ach and I have time to thk that gets to thgs stand my plan is to rry on playg for as long as I feel able to and then e out when I have was great last month to see Thomas Beattie raise his hand and adm to beg gay. Premier League star reveals he 'is gay but too sred to e out publicly bee the game has not moved on enough' anonymo letter to Jt Fashanu's niecePlayer said that livg a secret life was havg 'massive impact' on mental health He said was 'virtually impossible' to have a relatnshipHe is beg supported by Amal Fashanu of the Jt Fashanu Foundatn Published: 01:33 BST, 21 September 2020 | Updated: 01:36 BST, 21 September 2020.

An unnamed Premier League footballer has revealed that he is gay an open letter (stock image)In the letter first published by The Sun, the player wrote: 'Even though society has moved on massively sce I was a teenager, the game simply hasn't. 'The soccer star's letter after another anonymo gay player's letter was published by the newspaper Fashanu, who ns the Jt Fashanu Foundatn, said that the player felt a 'weight off his shoulrs' after readg that letter.

FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE STAR REVEALS TWO TEAM-MAT WERE GAY

Amal Fashanu, who ns the Jt Fashanu Foundatn, at a film premier London 2016Ex-Norwich striker Jt Fashanu me out 1990, the first profsnal player to do so Ex-Norwich striker Jt Fashanu me out 1990, the first profsnal player to do killed himself 1998 aged there are no openly gay footballers playg the Premier League says 'remas mted to supportg any who want to e out. They did not hi who they were the drsg room'Carl Hoefkens played at Wt Bromwich Albn and Stoke Cy between 2005-09Hoefkens says two ex-lleagu England were gay but did not make publicJt Fashanu was the last active gay player this untry to e out 1990FA chairman Greg Clarke has spoken of persuadg a gay footballer to e out Updated: 13:46 BST, 23 October 2017. A former Premier League fenr has claimed he played alongsi two gay team-mat England, wh one potentially beg a 'genuely big name' Hoefkens, the former Wt Bromwich Albn and Stoke Cy right back, says the players' sexualy was 'not hidn' the drsg room – although the men qutn rema anonymo at their own Fashanu, who mted suici 1998, was the last active player England to e out as gay – 1990.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'WANTS TO E OUT AS GAY BUT HIS CLUB ARE WORRIED ABOUT A BACKLASH'

The Belgian fenr also unts Bg among the clubs he has spent time at his reerFormer Germany and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger me out 2014, beg the first Premier League player to reveal he was homosexual. Jt Fashanu was the last active gay player this untry to e out, 1990 Thomas Hzlsperger me out 2014, beg the first Premier League player to do so'I fd strange that homosexualy is still a taboo football. 'Last week, former NBA star John Amaechi claimed FA chairman Clarke had told him the Government would never force the FA to act on homophobia bee 'we have all the power and FIFA would step and ll ernment terference'.

EX-PLAYER CLAIMS AT LEAST 12 PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL PLAYERS 'ARE GAY BUT AAID TO E OUT'

Football Associatn chairman Greg Clarke has failed to make ntact wh any gay footballersClarke ntacted Amaechi to say he wanted to talk about persuadg a gay footballer to e out - somethg the FA boss had warned gay players not to nsir at a Digal, Culture, Media and Sport mtee hearg last October. Amaechi said when he told Clarke he thought the Government would eventually tervene if gay people football did not feel secure their workplac, the former Leicter director and Football League chairman said, 'They won't do a f**kg thg'.

The football star is alleged to have been met wh rervatns om club boss The club is seekg assuranc that the revelatns will not impact his seasonCom as a Champnship player announced he would be g out as gay Published: 18:30 BST, 22 July 2019 | Updated: 18:39 BST, 22 July 2019. A Premier League star has nfsed he wants to e out as gay, but has been met wh worri om his club who are ncerned about the reactn of footballer has been told he is not to make a public claratn whout the blsg of the club and is said to be talks wh boss who are seekg assuranc that the news won't impact his as one Twter acunt 'The Gay Footballer', which is said to belong to a player the Champnship, exprsed he would be g out publicly the next few is not yet known who eher of the players are and sourc close to the Premier League player have highlighted the signifince of the cisn. Campaign: Pl Elltt, pictured here at a news nference on racism, is an adviser to the Equaly and Human Rights Commissn At least 12 Premier League football players are gay but are aaid to adm , a former star has claimed.

The FA extend s Kick It Out mpaign, which has set up 1993 to tackle racism, to bat homophobia - dubbed the 'last taboo' the English move after fans hurled abe at Portsmouth player Sol Campbell at a game agast Tottenham Hotspurs, his former club, last month. 'Jt Fashanu, the first football star to e out and openly adm he was gay to the public, mted suici risg star, who some believed would have gone on to play for England, experienced hostily om other players the 1990s when his sex life me to foc.

ENGLAND'S LE SHAW NI HE IS GAY AFTER GROWG TER MOURS

England footballer Le Shaw ni he is gay amid onle mours about his sexualy after was reported two top players are planng to 'e out' Was revealed last week that two big-name Premier League stars are gay Fans were speculatg if Manchter Uned fenr is one of the playersHowever, he shot down those claims wh rponse to qutn on TwterTwo unintified players will bee only send and third gay players Published: 05:49 BST, 26 October 2015 | Updated: 08:11 BST, 26 October 2015. England left-back Le Shaw has told web trolls to 'shut up' after nyg mours he is one of two Premier League stars g out as gayEngland left-back Le Shaw has told web trolls to 'shut up' after nyg mours he is one of two Premier League stars on the verge of g out as crocked fenr rpond to allegatns ma on Twter which hted at him beg works and the terrac have been rampant wh speculatn as to the inti of the two footballers believed to be weeks away om beg only the send and third England-based players to announce that they're gay while still Manchter Uned ace Shaw has flatly nied that he's one of them. The crocked Manchter Uned fenr rpond to allegatns ma on Twter which hted at him beg homosexualThe two players set to e out would follow only the sgle example of former Norwich and Nottgham Fort striker Jt Fashanu (left), who - 1990 - announced he was gay.

Former Everton and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger (right) revealed he was gay last year - but by that pot had already retired'It has always been such a macho game and, unfortunately, perhaps more than any other sport, there n be an aggrsive mob mentaly the stands.

Two gay Premier League football stars, cludg England ternatnal, 'are to e out before the start of next season' Two premier league footballers to announce they're gay before next seasonThey would be first to e out while still top flight of English footballOne is an England ternatnal player and both have backg of their clubsSee the latt news and rults om the Premier League Published: 10:51 BST, 24 October 2015 | Updated: 18:49 BST, 25 October 2015.

TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS 'ARE TO E OUT BEFORE THE START OF NEXT SEASON'

Two Premier League players are preparg to e out as gay - which would make them the first Brish footballers to make the announcement while still playg at the top levels of the of the men is believed to be an England ternatnal star and both have already told their fai and iends and have the full support of their rpective clubs and the Football Daily Mirror reports the men will e out publicly before the start of the next down for vio One of the men is believed to be an England ternatnal star and both have already told their fai and iends and have the full support of their rpective clubs and the football associatn (file image)A source told the newspaper: 'The stigma has pletely gone and the public are far more acceptg. Nottgham Fort and Norwich Cy striker Jt Fashanu remas the hight profile star to reveal he was gay, but he suffered years of abe and eventually killed himself 1998 aged Nottgham Fort and Norwich striker Jt Fashanu (left) me out as gay but suffered so much abe he killed himself 1998.

Former Wt Ham player Thomas Hzlsperger, right, me out as gay after he retiredMore recently the pta of England women's team, Casey Stoney, announced she was gay, shortly after former Germany and Aston Villa midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger me out.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

Arsenal fenr Ms Stoney said she has never hidn her sexualy football circl bee is 'accepted' told BBC Sport: 'I feel 's really important for me to speak out as a gay player bee there are so many young people stgglg wh beg gay. 'German football star Hzlsperger said diver Tom Daley's acknowledgement that he was a same-sex relatnship helped him to e out as German ternatnal midfielr beme the first Premier League star to reveal he was homosexual, sayg that he had recently accepted that he 'preferred men'.

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

England Women's football pta Casey Stoney (pictured left) is openly gay and Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas (right) me out 2009Hzlsperger, who end his playg reer September 2013 due to persistent juri, said that other sportsmen's revelatns about their sexual orientatn, cludg those of Tom Daley, had ma him feel that he was not former Aston Villa, Wt Ham and Everton player said he had also felt empowered by Welsh gby player Gareth Thomas, who publilly announced he was gay 2009, and John Amaechi, who beme the first NBA (Natnal Basketball Associatn) player to speak out about his homosexualy.

' OTHER GAY SPORTS STARS WHO TOOK THE DECISION TO GO PUBLIC Jt Fashanu (football) - Bra's first black footballer to mand a £1ln transfer fee was also the first top-flight player to publicly adm his homosexualy.

THE FEAR OF A GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER: I WILL BE CCIFIED

Louganis' tobgraphy, which spent five weeks at number one on the New York Tim bt-seller list on s release 1995, tailed his rise to global promence and subsequent cisn to e out as a homosexual livg wh HIV. ’Diver Greg Louganis (pictured left) and tens player Marta Navratilova have both e out as gayDonal Og Cack (hurlg) - The much-rated Irish star is one of the leadg lights of the fast-paced Gaelic game, and beme the first ele Irish sportsman to reveal he was gay his tobgraphy, 'Come What May', released last year. ’Diver Tom Daley (pictured left) and footballer Robbie Rogers, who now plays for Los Angel GalaxySteven Davi (cricket) - The England and Surrey wicketkeeper beme the first active profsnal cricketer to openly adm to beg gay Febary 2011.

Two Premier League players are a uple and have e out as gay to their teammat, but not yet, reports suggt the Premier League footballers qutn uld e out a documentary currently productn wh Channel follows Gary Leker recently claimg he was aware of two Premier League players who were thkg of g out as gay soon. 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.

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.

TOM DALEY VIO HIGHLIGHTS NTUG PLIGHT OF GAY PEOPLE FOOTBALL

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. Two Premier League footballers are ' a relatnship and open wh their teammat about beg a gay uple but are reluctant to e out publicly'Two Premier League players om the same team are reportedly a relatnshipNew report suggts they have not e out so as not to tract om the sportIt amid lls to boytt Qatar World Cup over rtrictive laws and l Updated: 10:41 BST, 13 November 2022. ' Two Premier League players om the same team are reportedly a relatnship but not yet ready to e out to the public - spe sharg the happy news wh teammatTheir teammat, who have all been supportive of the relatnship, were also asked not to publicly ment on the Sun prevly reported a different player was talks to be the first to openly discs his sexualy a TV documentary, reportedly the works for Channel of the World Cup Qatar later this month, an ambassador sparked outrage when he scribed homosexualy as a 'damage the md' have been mountg lls to boytt this year's tournament over the cisn to hold a natn as socially rtrictive as an terview filmed Doha, former Qatari ternatnal Khalid Salman addrsed the issue of homosexualy, which is illegal the nservative Mlim football players raised ncerns over the rights of fans travellg to the event, pecially LGBT+ dividuals and women, whom rights groups say Qatari laws discrimate agast.

Ahead of the World Cup Qatar later this month, an ambassador sparked outrage when he scribed homosexualy as a 'damage the md''They have to accept our l here, ' Salman said, an excerpt of the terview. Ex-Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg FLEES Egypt - and his £32, 000-a-month job - after a team's print claimed he was a gay relatnship and threats om fans left him fearg for his safetyMark Clattenburg has rigned om his role Egypt over ncerns for his safetyThe former Premier League official had faced threats om Zamalek supportersEgypt's FA nfirmed his rignatn but say safety fears were an 'exaggeratn' Published: 11:08 BST, 25 January 2023 | Updated: 16:23 BST, 25 January 2023. Clattenburg, pictured at a refereeg urse September 2022, was the subject of threats Zamalek's Print rrectly claimed Clattenburg (pictured wh his wife Claire at the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) had begun a gay relatnshipThe Egyptian Football Associatn has nfirmed has accepted Clattenburg's rignatn.

Gary Leker wants to see a Premier League player e out as gay durg the Qatar World Cup to send a strong msage to a host natn where homosexualy remas a former England striker Leker told the Daily Mirror he knows of two gay Premier League players, sayg they had been “very close” to g out before now. Jackie Robson broke baseball's lour le 1947 – a ltle over 10 years later, the percentage of black players on major league baseball teams exceed the percentage of black Amerins the general so to today's qutn: what would the gay rights movement today look like whout team sports? The advice om out-sportsman-turned-psychologist John Amaechi is to leave till you retire, on the basis that beg yourself still isn't anywhere near worth the a sport obssed wh ProZonery, quasi-sabermetrics and the cumulative value of elimatg even ty disadvantag, I shouldn't thk football has spent ten quid thkg about the potential trimental fancial impact to s "product" of players performg while rryg secret burns or livg this sort of lie (enomic impact beg the only language which experience suggts r to unrstand) aga, if you ever wonr que how much of a toss top-flight football actually giv about the issue, you need only look at the pathetic rponse to Stonewall's nocuo recent mpaign, which attempted to get as many players as possible to wear rabow lac gam one weekend to highlight homophobia the game.

"A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR GAY PLAYERS" - 2 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE REPORTEDLY A RELATNSHIP AND ULD REVEAL INTI NEAR FUTURE

When they fd the absolutely perfectly acceptable pro-gay mpaign, precisely the packagg they prefer, and have cleared even the st tail wh their Premier League overlords, then doubtls they'll let , 'll be a b late, won't ? At the current rate of progrs, gay people uld have won the immensely plex battle of full equaly unr the law before a sgle out player has started a Premier League game – which is a funny orr for thgs to have shaken down , if not a ha-ha sort of way. Premier League footballer 'who has been a secret gay relatnship wh a fashn worker for four years' fears g out will his reerUnnamed football star met the fashn worker, 21, four years ago a night clubInternatnal player is a relatnship wh a woman and has a child wh her Lover claims lots of his teammat know he is bisexual but he has not e outHe says players are not the problem but fan 'torment' uld his reer Updated: 13:43 BST, 12 May 2018.

A top Premier League footballer has been havg a secret gay relatnship for four years but is too sred to e out for fear of 'g his reer' unnamed ternatnal player met the 21-year-old fashn worker a night club and after exchangg numbers they started an affair. In an terview wh The Tim, the 41-year-old - who remas the only openly gay player to have played the Premier League - shared that fear of a 'change atmosphere' amongst footballers has played a large role stoppg gay players om g out.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'HAVG SECRET GAY AFFAIR' FEARS G OUT

Former Villa and Wt Ham midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger remas the only openly gay player to have turned out the Premier League The ex-midfielr me out 2014 after retirg om playg and now works wh the German FA to help improve diversy the game'It's not the media, 's not the fans, 's the drsg room, ' Hzlsperger began.

THOMAS HZLSPERGER BLAM DRSG ROOM FOR KEEPG GAY PLAYERS OM G OUT