English men’s game could soon have its first openly gay professional player

A man who claims to play for a Championship club says he is set to publicly come out as gay in the near future.

‘The Gay Footballer’ Twitter account, which was created last week, has over 6,500 followers and is purported to belong to a second-tier player.

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