Gay footballers have e out to teammat but fear backlash

Contents:

• JAKE DANIELS BE FIRST UK MALE FOOTBALLER TO E OUT AS GAY SCE 1990
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AN OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP
• TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE
• TWO PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS ' RELATNSHIP' AND OPEN WH TEAMMAT ABOUT BEG GAY
• AT LEAST 20 FOOTBALLERS PREMIER LEAGUE AND CHAMPNSHIP ARE GAY BUT THEY'RE AAID TO E OUT SAYS EX-CLUB BOSS
• THERE ARE GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE E OUT TO TEAMMAT BUT FEAR HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH OM FANS, SAYS SIR
• PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY
• 17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER

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

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”.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL PLAYERS AN OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP

It is reported that the Premier League gay uple have full support om management and the other team members ‘uld be ls bothered’ even though they cid not to e out and to foc on football durg this season. Premier League: Issu around homosexualy.

The ambassador scribed homosexualy as “damage the md”. Furthermore, Homosexualy is illegal Qatar and many football players and fans have e out agast the untry hostg the FIFA World Cup which will beg on 20 November 2022. ALSO READ: Qatar World Cup 2022 ambassador: Homosexualy is ‘damage the md’.

“Could be a massive step forward for gay players”.

TWO PREMIER LEAGUE TEAMMAT ARE A RELATNSHIP AND OPEN ABOUT BEG A GAY UPLE

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.

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TWO PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS ' RELATNSHIP' AND OPEN WH TEAMMAT ABOUT BEG GAY

2Two Premier League players the same team are a relatnship — and open about beg a gay uple (stock image). 2Blackpool player Jake Daniels revealed he was gay May after gag the acceptance of teammat. It after we told earlier this earlier this year how a gay former England and Premier League player is talks about beg the first to e out a TV documentary.

And brave Blackpool player Jake Daniels, 17, revealed he was gay May after gag the acceptance of teammat. There 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 out. A source said: “This uld be a massive step forward for gay players. Wh the Qatar World Cup startg next weekend, ntroversy already kicked off when Khalid Salman, an ambassador for the tournament, scribed homosexualy as "a damage the md" durg an terview wh German TV.

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

Earlier the year, Blackpool player Jake Daniels beme the first current player Bra to e out as gay. 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.

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’.

THERE ARE GAY PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE E OUT TO TEAMMAT BUT FEAR HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH OM FANS, SAYS SIR

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.

” Mr Haigh was ntacted by gay players om different top flight clubs, but adms was difficult for them to go public about their sexualy.

PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLERS OPENLY GAY RELATNSHIP AMID WORLD CUP NTROVERSY

“Beg gay is still seen as a handip and players get enough abe on the pch as is. 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.

17-YEAR-OLD SOCCER PLAYER OUT, BEG THE UK'S ONLY OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL FOOTBALLER

” There are 4, 000 profsnal footballers the UK, but not one is openly gay.

A number of male Premier League footballers have e out as gay to their teammat while ntug to hi their sexualy public, an sir has claimed. The claim me om former England women’s team footballer Enla Alo, who says gay male footballers won’t risk g out the public doma bee of the homophobic backlash they’d face. Asked to clarify her claim by Labour MP Clive Effort that there are current footballers who have told their teammat that they are gay, Alo said: “Y that’s right.