Jake Daniels hopes his decision to come out will inspire gay footballers in the Premier League and across world football to do the same.
as the only open gay male professional footballer in BritainJustin Fashanu became the first English player to come out after revealing his sexuality in 1990. Fashanu tragically took his own life eight years later.
He hopes others can take confidence from his decision to come out and believes he can be a role model for others in the same position.‘I think it comes down to a lot of footballers wanting to be known as masculine, and I think being gay, a lot of people use it as being weak,’ Daniels told Sky Sports News.
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