‘I’d feel like I’ve done my job’ – Jake Daniels wants to inspire gay Premier League footballers to come out and share their stories
The Metro says Jake Daniels hopes his decision to come out will inspire gay footballers in the Premier League and across world football to do the same.
The 17-year-old Blackpool forward has come out as the only open gay male professional footballer in Britain and just the second in the world after Josh Carvallo of Adelaide United in Australia.
Justin Fashanu became the first English player to come out after revealing his sexuality in 1990. Fashanu tragically took his own life eight years later.
Daniels, who signed his first professional contract with Blackpool earlier this year, believes other gay male footballers are struggling with expectations over masculinity in the game.
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