“A message from Jake Daniels.
The title of the press release is very sober, but its content released Monday, May 16 at the end of the day on the official website of the Blackpool club is historic.
“Off the pitch, I hid who I really am.
I have known all my life that I was gay and I feel that I am now ready to come out and be myself”, explains the young man of 17 years.
With this speech, he becomes the first active British professional footballer to publicly announce his homosexuality.
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