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- THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
- EX-MAN UNED AND WT HAM STAR PATRICE EVRA PLAYED WH 'AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB'
- 'WT HAM PLAYERS SAID: "IF MY TEAM-MAT ARE GAY THEY HAVE TO GO"', PATRI EVRA MAK CLAIM
- FORMER MANCHTER UNED STAR PATRICE EVRA CLAIMS WT HAM TEAMMAT WANTED GAY PLAYERS REMOVED
- UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC
- WHAT IF A GAY FOOTBALLER CAME OUT?
- FORMER WT HAM AND EVERTON MIDFIELR OUT AS GAY
- PATRICE EVRA ALLEG PLAYERS AT WT HAM WOULD REFE TO SHOWER WH GAY TEAMMATE
THOMAS HZLSPERGER ANNOUNC HE IS GAY NEWSPAPER TERVIEW
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Thomas Hzlsperger has bee the most high-profile footballer to e out, announcg on Wednday that he is gay. The former Aston Villa, Wt Ham and Everton player has given a long terview to the German paper Die Ze, which he says that he is talkg about his sexualy bee he wants "to further the bate about homosexualy among sports profsnals". "It's been a long and difficult procs" [of beg aware of beg gay].
"In England, Italy and Germany beg a homosexual is no big thg, at least not the drsg room, " he said, before addg: "I was never ashamed of beg who I am but was not always easy to s on a table wh 20 young men and listen to jok about gays.
"Beg gay is topic that is 'ignored' football and not 'a ser topic the changg room'. Fightg spir, passn and wng mentaly are trsilly lked, that don't f the cliché: 'Gays are soft'" year, the former Leeds Uned player Robbie Rogers me out, tellg the world about his sexualy a statement on his webse.
EX-MAN UNED AND WT HAM STAR PATRICE EVRA PLAYED WH 'AT LEAST TWO GAY PLAYERS AT EVERY CLUB'
Patrice Evra has claimed that some of his former Wt Ham Uned team-mat would not shower wh gay players and would even ll for them to leave the club. * gay footballer west ham *
Ex-Man Uned star Patrice Evra reveals team-mat told him they were gay but were too sred to e out bee of homophob the drsg room - and claims there are at least two gay players at EVERY clubPatrice Evra claims gay players opened up to him throughout his playg reerBut the Frenchman admted that if they were to publicly e out, ''s over' Evra claims he enuntered shockg attus to homosexualy football Published: 09:21 BST, 12 January 2022 | Updated: 14:50 BST, 12 January 2022. Patrice Evra has claimed there are at least two gay players at every team football and has lifted the lid on some of the shockg attus of his team-mat towards an terview wh French publitn Le Parisien to ci wh the release of his tobgraphy, Evra ma some stunng revelatns about some of the views he enuntered. 'When I was England, they brought someone to talk to the team about homosexualy, ' Evra explaed.
'Some of my lleagu said " is agast my relign, if there is a homosexual this locker room, let him leave the club" and other ments. Patrice Evra claims he enuntered shockg attus to homosexualy among footballers Frenchman Evra played for Manchter Uned for seven years, om 2006 up until 2014 - there is no suggtn any of the players pictured ma the remarks qutn Evra also returned to the Premier League wh Wt Ham om 2018 until 2019'At that time, I said, "shut up".
'WT HAM PLAYERS SAID: "IF MY TEAM-MAT ARE GAY THEY HAVE TO GO"', PATRI EVRA MAK CLAIM
Patrice Evra, notable ex-Manchter Uned player, has said some former Wt Ham teammat did not want gay players on the squad. * gay footballer west ham *
I played wh players who were gay. 'There are at least two players per club who are gay. He also won 81 ps for are no openly gay footballers the Premier League but clubs have worked to promote clivy wh gtur such as the rabow lac mpaign.
FORMER MANCHTER UNED STAR PATRICE EVRA CLAIMS WT HAM TEAMMAT WANTED GAY PLAYERS REMOVED
'I have so many gay iends but I never thought about how was when they had to say, 'by the way, mum, dad' - and to everyone else - 'I'm not exactly how you expected, maybe'. " Openly gay footballer Josh Cavallo, who plays for Atralian si Alai Uned, lled out homophobic abe that was directed at him earlier this week Cavallo took to Instagram and lled out crowd abe after a draw wh Melbourne VictoryThe world's only openly gay footballer, Josh Cavallo who plays for Atralian si Alai Uned, earlier this week lled out homophobic abe om the crowd a game he was playg agast Melbourne day after the match, the 22-year-old took to Instagram to say: 'I'm not gog to pretend that I didn't see or hear the homophobic abe at the game last night.
«Dans le foot, si tu dis être homo, c¿t fi»: homophobie, vl, racisme, Patrice Evra se nfie à nos lectrs - Le Parisien. We want gay football fans (and non-fans too! In the world of women’s football there are openly gay players so why should men’s football be any different?
'Wt Ham players said: "If my team-mat are gay they have to go, I won't shower wh them"': Patrice Evra mak astonishg claim that homophobic stars lled for transfers after a talk on clivyPatrice Evra relled an FA official givg a clivy talk at Wt Ham 2018However, Evra claims several of his team-mat reacted negatively to the talkEx-France star claims he has supported team-mat who have e out to him Published: 16:51 BST, 5 May 2022 | Updated: 09:25 BST, 6 May 2022. Patrice Evra has claimed that some of his former Wt Ham Uned team-mat would not shower wh gay players and would even ll for them to leave the former Manchter Uned star spent a brief spell at the end of his reer at the Hammers 2018 after jog as a ee agent, playg five gam before retirg that the former French ternatnal has relled how an official om the FA me to the Hammers to give a talk on clivy, wh some of his team-mat at the time allegedly rpondg negatively by not agreeg wh acceptg homosexual players at the club. 'It's like you n't be a gay football player, people will go mad, ' Evra told Gabby Logan on the Mid Pot podst.
UNNAMED PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER REVEALS HE IS GAY LETTER BUT SAYS HE N'T GO PUBLIC
'I give the example, when I was playg for Wt Ham, someone om the English feratn me and he said "we need to accept everyone" and the amount of players that were like "no, if some of my team mat are gay they have to leave now, I won't do any shower [wh them]". 'Evra has prevly claimed that he has played wh two gay footballers at every club and that former gay players had nfed him but uld not go public for fears of a backlash.
WHAT IF A GAY FOOTBALLER CAME OUT?
Former profsnal footballer Patrice Evra has claimed several Wt Ham teammat didn’t want gay players on the squad. Retired Manchter Uned footballer Patrice Evra has claimed that several of his former Wt Ham teammat lled for any gay players to be removed om the team.
He was fed by a French urt recently for postg homophobic ments on his social media 2019. Parice Evra was fed for g homophobic language 2019. In a statement, the French club said: “Paris Sat-Germa nmns Patrice Evra’s homophobic sults aimed at the club, s reprentativ and s former players a vio released on social media.
In a recent terview wh The Tim, Evra said that an FA official vised Wt Ham to talk about cln wh football – pecially the importance of acceptg gay players. “Some of the players said, “If someone is gay this room then they have to go”, and [they referenced] their relign, ” Evra told the newspaper.
FORMER WT HAM AND EVERTON MIDFIELR OUT AS GAY
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.
In a letter which has been shared wh Sky News by the Jt Fashanu Foundatn, the player wr: "I am gay.
PATRICE EVRA ALLEG PLAYERS AT WT HAM WOULD REFE TO SHOWER WH GAY TEAMMATE
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. 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. Celebri show support for Schofield after he out as gay.
Jt Fashanu was the first profsnal footballer to be openly gay. "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. How attus to gay people the army have changed.