Gary Leker says he knows two gay Premier League footballers and hop they e out durg Qatar World Cup

Contents:

• PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE ‘OPEN’ ABOUT BEG A GAY RELATNSHIP
• WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE
• GARY LEKER SAYS HE KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AND HOP THEY WILL E OUT AT QATAR WORLD CUP
• GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS, THEY'VE BEEN CLOSE TO G OUT
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
• PREMIER LEAGUE STAR SAYS HE IS GAY AN OPEN LETTER... BUT ADMS ONLY HIS FAY AND IENDS KNOW
• GAY FOOTBALLER EXPLAS WHY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AREN’T G OUT - EXCLUSIVE
• EX-ENGLAND AND PREMIER LEAGUE STAR 'NSIRG' G OUT AS GAY ON TV DOCUMENTARY
• GARY LEKER SAYS HE KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS AND HOP THEY E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUPTHE FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER SAID THAT HE KNOW TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN “VERY CLOSE” TO REVEALG THEIR SEXUALYBUZZBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYRUAIRI STT BYRNEDEPUTY EDOR17:51, 14 OCT 2022UPDATED15:31, 2 NOV 2022BOOKMARKGARY LEKER ATTENDS AN EVENG WH GARY LEKER, NVERSATN WH TIM MARLOW OBE, AT THE DIGN MM PARTNERSHIP WH THE WICK ON MAY 24, 2022 LONDON, ENGLAND (IMAGE: DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR THE DIGN MM)SIGN UP TO OUR EE EMAIL ALERTS FOR THE BT PROMOTNS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR E-MAILMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO OUR EE EMAIL ALERTS FOR THE BT PROMOTNS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR E-MAILINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• "A MASSIVE STEP FORWARD FOR GAY PLAYERS" - 2 PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE REPORTEDLY A RELATNSHIP AND ULD REVEAL INTI NEAR FUTURE
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER 'VERY LIKELY' TO E OUT NEXT YEAR, SAYS JT FASHANU'S NIECE
• GIANT MURAL ON NORWICH PUB HONOURS JT FASHANU, ENGLAND'S FIRST OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLER
• GARY LEKER KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AND SAYS WOULD BE 'AMAZG' IF THEY ME OUT DURG THE QATAR WORLD CUP
• TOM DALEY SAYS HIS 'ONE WISH' IS THAT A PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER OUT AS GAY 2022
• GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STAR FEARS G OUT AND IS ' THERAPY' OVER FAN ABE WORRI
• UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC
• MULTIPLE PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS GAY, AAID OF G OUT, FORMER NBA STAR CLAIMS

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

When Wt Ham pta Mark Noble held a vio nference wh supporters om the Pri of Lns fan group, he ma mentn of how workg alongsi openly gay former Head of Player Care Hugo Scheckter helped foster a supportive environment the locker room. So while Mohamed Aboutrika has drawn headl wh his retrogra homophobic nmnatns of Rabow Lac, ’s important to remember that the vast majory of soccer players and clubs are full support of the mpaign. 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.

WHY THERE ARE STILL NO OPENLY GAY FOOTBALLERS THE PREMIER LEAGUE

”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. 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.

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.

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

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

“Pathetic, ” said Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, the only out gay player the English league, on Instagram after hearg the news. 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. “Football is a socially nservative world, ” says Ross Rais, whose novel, A Natural, is about a gay footballer.

GARY LEKER: I KNOW TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS, THEY'VE BEEN CLOSE TO G OUT

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. 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.

Even where men’s sport has had one or two high-profile gay players, as wh Gareth Thomas gby unn, they rema outliers. Gary Leker has claimed he knows two gay Premier League footballers and said would be "amazg" if they chose to e out durg the Qatar World Cup to send a strong msage to the host natn, where homosexualy remas a former England striker and TV prenter told the Daily Mirror the players had been "very close" to g out before now. On Thursday, Qatar's World Cup chief Nasser Al Khater sought to give assuranc to LGBTQ+ fans that they would be weled at the tournamentWhile Qatar is not prepared to change anti-LGBTQ+ laws to rpond to ncerns of visg fans, he has sisted none will be discrimated agast durg the 29-day tournament and that gay fans will be allowed to hold hands.

Urged them to e out durg the World CupGary Leker: I know two gay Premier League stars, they've been close to g out.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

Photo: Instagram (@garyleker)ESFormer Barcelona striker Gary Leker has revealed that he knows two Premier League stars who are gay. The current TV host has urged the two men to e out durg the 2022 World Cup orr to send a msage to has to be noted that homosexualy Qatar is a crime that uld be punished wh a sentence of up to seven years jail.

"Livg a lieThe former England ternatnal is aware that g out is not easy, but he sisted that livg through is harmful enough for the gay players' mental state. 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. 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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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’.

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

Mr Haigh was openly gay wh board members and fans at Elland Road, and says many gay players nfid him as a rult.

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. ” Mr Haigh was ntacted by gay players om different top flight clubs, but adms was difficult for them to go public about their sexualy. ” But he do believe certa untri ‘own upon’ gay relatnships and so club ownership, and sponsors, uld be a problem.

GAY FOOTBALLER EXPLAS WHY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AREN’T G OUT - EXCLUSIVE

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. However, the footballer add that his sport is not ready for a player to announce he is openly gay and has said he fears disclosg his inty.

' An unnamed Premier League footballer has revealed that he is gay an open letter'How do feel havg to live like this? Fashanu, who played football for Notts County and Wt Ham, was the first profsnal footballer to e out as gay, but tragilly hanged himself a serted garage after beg wrongly acced of sexual asslt 1998. 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.

EX-ENGLAND AND PREMIER LEAGUE STAR 'NSIRG' G OUT AS GAY ON TV DOCUMENTARY

'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 thk people that are gay or om that muny fely are very worried about havg to shoulr the rponsibily of beg the first. I wish I didn’t have to live my life such a the realy is there is still a huge amount of prejudice are untls tim I’ve heard homophobic chants and ments om supporters directed at no one particular.

GARY LEKER SAYS HE KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS AND HOP THEY E OUT DURG QATAR WORLD CUPTHE FORMER ENGLAND STRIKER SAID THAT HE KNOW TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN “VERY CLOSE” TO REVEALG THEIR SEXUALYBUZZBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSSPORTBYRUAIRI STT BYRNEDEPUTY EDOR17:51, 14 OCT 2022UPDATED15:31, 2 NOV 2022BOOKMARKGARY LEKER ATTENDS AN EVENG WH GARY LEKER, NVERSATN WH TIM MARLOW OBE, AT THE DIGN MM PARTNERSHIP WH THE WICK ON MAY 24, 2022 LONDON, ENGLAND (IMAGE: DAVID M. BET/DAVE BET/GETTY IMAG FOR THE DIGN MM)SIGN UP TO OUR EE EMAIL ALERTS FOR THE BT PROMOTNS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR E-MAILMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP TO OUR EE EMAIL ALERTS FOR THE BT PROMOTNS SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR E-MAILINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

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. EXCLUSIVE: Coll Mart has opened up on the barriers that may be stoppg gay players the Premier League om publicly g out. 07:30, Mon, Dec 26, 2022 | UPDATED: 19:29, Mon, Dec 26, 2022 Premier League returns: Arsenal's mid-season reviewSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart believ that a number of prsg factors may be preventg gay Premier League players om g out and feelg fortable about beg themselv the public eye.

There are currently no openly gay players England's top flight, although Blackpool youngster Jake Daniels beme the first male profsnal footballer the UK sce Jt Fashanu to e out back of progrs has been ma regardg homosexualy football over the last few years, but the subject remas somewhat taboo and there is still work to be done orr to ntue breakg down the stigma at all levels om the Premier League down to grassroots. Mart, who me out as gay back 2018, believ that almost anythg n ntribute to players not wantg to publicly reveal their sexuali, cludg their fay suatns, the advice given by their reprentativ or negative attus om team-mat and ach. JUST IN: Chelsea target Yosoufa Mooko issu fur rponse to 'li'Coll Mart has opened up on the barriers preventg gay players om g out (Image: GETTY)"We don’t always know the factors for gay athlet, what’s gog to keep them the closet or not.

More There are no openly gay players the Premier League as thgs stand (Image: EXPRESS)"Yeah, I’m sure [there are], maybe there are players who are qutng their sexualy or who are maybe bisexual and yeah, I’m sure there are closeted players, " add Mart. "Coll Mart, San Diego Loyal soccer player, who me out as gay 2018, has partnered wh BonFr and LGBT HERO to unrstand reprentatn and attus towards the LGBTQIA+ muny US profsnal team sports. The programme is reportedly the works and would foc on the stori of gay profsnal footballers om the past and prent and let them tell their storiThe former Premier League star has been talks wh producers over potentially featurg a documentary about gay footballers A former England ternatnal and Premier League star is reportedly ' talks' wh televisn producers over the prospect of g out a new tv documentary about gay profsnal footballers.

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

The news jt days after Blackpool star Jake Daniels bravely beme the first active player to e out as gay the English top-flight more than 30 years - the last beg the late Jt Fashanu.

The former Manchter Uned star went on: "What he has jt done tonight tak credible urage - we have both been drsg rooms for many many years and that would seem unthkable to announce that you are gay and I n't image how difficult has been really. Gary Leker says he hop a Premier League player will e out as gay durg the Qatar World Cup to send a strong msage to a host natn where homosexualy remas a crime.

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

The Former England striker told the Daily Mirror he knows two gay Premier League players who have been “very close” to g out.

” Last year, Alai Uned’s Josh Cavallo me out as gay and said that he knows there are other players “livg silence”, while May, 17-year-old Blackpool player Jake Daniels beme the UK’s first profsnal male football player to e out as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990. Background Former Norwich Cy and Nottgham Fort player Jt Fashanu beme the first openly gay male Brish footballer when he me out an terview wh The Sun 1990.

In 2018, then-Mnota Uned FC player Coll Mart announced he is gay, beg at the time the world’s only current openly gay, active male profsnal footballer.

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

Former German ternatnal Thomas Hzlsperger is the only openly gay player to have ever featured the Premier League.

Hzlsperger, who enjoyed stts wh Wt Ham Uned and Aston Villa, revealed he is gay January 2014, a few months after retirg bee of jury problems. An undisclosed source has told The Sun that two gay Premier League footballers, who are reportedly teammat, are a relatnship wh each other.

GARY LEKER KNOWS TWO GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STARS AND SAYS WOULD BE 'AMAZG' IF THEY ME OUT DURG THE QATAR WORLD CUP

While the Premier League duo are open about beg a gay uple the drsg room, wh management and owners aware of their relatnship, they are still reluctant to publicly e out.

This is not the first time that the English tabloid has reported that a gay Premier League footballer uld reveal their name.

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

Former England striker Gary Leker claimed last month that he knew of two gay Premier League footballers himself. 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.

Gary Leker claims to know two Premier League footballers who are gay and says would be "amazg" if they chose to e out durg the upg World Cup have been ncerns over Qatar's suabily to host the World Cup, which gets unrway on November 20, ever sce the untry was award the right to host the tournament back 's human rights rerd, cludg s treatment of the LGBTQ muny and migrant workers, has been homosexualy is punishable by a prison sentence Qatar, while same-sex marriag are not regnised by the ernment. "Gary Leker says he knows two gay Premier League footballers (Image: Alamy)Earlier this year, Blackpool forward Jake Daniels beme the UK's first active male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as asked why he thought more footballers, cludg the two knew of, had not e out as gay, Leker add: "Fear. 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.

GAY PREMIER LEAGUE STAR FEARS G OUT AND IS ' THERAPY' OVER FAN ABE WORRI

"'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.

UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC

'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. Earlier this year, Atralian footballer Josh Cavallo - who plays for Alai Uned - beme the only known current top-flight male football player the world to e out as gay October. 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.

09:23, Mon, Oct 18, 2021 | UPDATED: 14:07, Mon, Oct 18, 2021 FIFA voke five-day ban lg out eight Premier League stars for weekend's gamA gay Premier League footballer has revealed he is seekg psychologil help bee of the fear of g out publicly, statg that has had a terrible effect on him anonymo footballer has opened up over the fear that has gripped him as he ntemplat announcg that he is gay to the has even led to the player seekg therapy bee of the mental strs that has put him told The Sun: “It’s 2021 and I should be able to be ee to tell everyone who I am. A gay Premier League player has admted to therapy due to fear over g out (Image: GETTY)“I want to be open wh people bee ’s who I am and I am proud.

”The last top-flight player to e out was former Norwich star Jt Fashanu, who did so 1990 but tragilly took his own life Fashanu tragilly took his own life 1998 (Image: GETTY)His niece, Amal, has been dited to tacklg homophobia and racism football and has set up a told The Sun: “In 2021, when we have never been so woke as a society, feels like should be the perfect time for a top-level player to e out. An unnamed Premier League footballer has revealed he is gay an open letter, but isn't prepared to e out star has opened up about the torment of keepg his sexualy a secret and has aimed the letter at thori and fans, scribg how he is takg a "huge step" revealg his sexualy. The unknown star is beg supported by the Jt Fashanu Foundatn, which is n by the former footballer's niece, Fashanu, who played for top flight clubs om the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, was the first profsnal footballer to be openly gay.

MULTIPLE PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS GAY, AAID OF G OUT, FORMER NBA STAR CLAIMS

Ms Fashanu says there are no openly gay or bisexual male profsnal footballers the untry at prent and this revelatn was a "signifint moment and a posive step forward" tacklg this told Sky News: "The fact this player wanted to wre a letter about this is a huge step forward. "In a Digal, Culture, Media and Sport Select Commtee hearg on 7 July, former England women's team footballer Enla Alo said gay male footballers wouldn't risk g out the public doma bee of the homophobic backlash they would said there are current footballers who have told their teammat they are gay, but add: "The issue really now is that fear of what fans will do and are gog to say, but I don't thk that is as legimate a fear as ed to be bee we're livg a world now where beg gay is somethg that is wily accepted.

A bate the Brish ernment about homophobia sport heard claims that there are gay players the Premier League who are ncerned about g out.