Blackpool FC’s Jake Daniels has come out as gay in a televised interview today, becoming Britain’s only active openly gay professional player.
The 17-year-old is only the second top-flight British football player to come out and he made the move in a bid to tackle the scourge of homophobia in the sport.
Daniels was ‘keen to break the stigma’ and has become the only openly gay male pro currently playing in the country, and the second in the world in a trailblazing moment for the men’s game.
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, he said: ‘I just processed and processed every day about how I want to do it, when I want to do it and I feel like now is just the right time – you know I feel like I’m ready to tell people about my story.
‘I want people to know the real me and lying all the time just isn’t what I wanted to do.
‘It has been a struggle but now I do feel I am ready to be myself and be free and just be confident with it all.’
Daniels, described as ‘an inspiration to us all’ by the…
