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On Monday, Jake Daniels, a 17-year-old player for Blackpool FC, came out – becoming the first active openly gay male professional footballer in the UK for nearly 30 years.
Patrick Vieira has played down the support Cheikhou Kouyate has given to Paris St Germain midfielder Idrissa Gueye and insisted Crystal Palace are against all kinds of discrimination.
Blackpool defender Marvin Ekpiteta has apologised for historical homophobic social media posts which have left him embarrassed in the wake of team-mate Jake Daniels coming out.
Jake Daniels this week became the first active professional footballer in the UK to come out as gay since Justin Fashanu in 1990. At 17 years old he said the experience made him feel ‘free’ and ‘confident’. Unfortunately, this is not a view shared by some footballers and one man playing in grassroots level in West London has said coming out to his team would ‘terrify’ him.
An LGBTQ+ football fan said they “can’t stop smiling” after a Blackpool player became the first professional in the men’s game to come out as gay in 30 years.
In a breathless few minutes, my gay football team’s WhatsApp group went from relative calm to a flurry of exclamation marks, clappy hands and heart emojis.
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has praised the bravery of Blackpool striker Jake Daniels after he became the first footballer in the UK since Justin Fashanu in 1990 to come out publicly as being gay.
Former Republic of Ireland captain David Meyler hopes Jake Daniels has broken down a huge barrier that will prevent gay footballers from "suffering in silence".