Gary Neville hails Jake Daniels as he becomes first UK footballer to come out as gay in 32 years
Football star Gary Neville has admired Jake Daniels' courage after he became the first UK footballer to come out as gay in 32 years. Blackpool FC forward Daniels, who is 17-years-old, is the first in the men’s professional game to come out publicly as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990 and is now Britain's only active openly gay professional player.


