Luke Shaw has denied he is one of the Premier League players planning on announcing they are gay.
The Mirror revealed on Friday night that two players
- one an England international - are set to come out. They would be the
first openly gay players still playing in the English top flight to
reveal their sexuality since Justin Fashanu in 1990.
We are not naming the players involved, but Luke Shaw has now moved to deny he is one of them.
The Manchester United
left-back took to Twitter on Saturday night to reply to a message
posted by United fan account @UnitedStandMUFC which read: "The idiocy of
these Luke Shaw rumours & he's not even gay! And so what if he is?
He's a United player and we support him #MUFC".
Shaw, 20, replied: "it's not me so everyone can shut up now."
Shaw is currently recovering from a broken leg and is expected to be out until March.
@UnitedStandMUFC later replied: "It's just keyboard warriors
trying to stir up trouble. Bottom line. United fans have YOUR back Luke.
Speedy Recover pal # MUFC."
Gay footballers have stayed silent about their sexuality for fear of the backlash including taunts from opposing fans.
But with attitudes finally changing the two Premier League stars believe the time is right to come out.
A source said: “The stigma has completely gone, and the public are far more accepting.
“At this level of football, being gay is almost the final frontier.
“It
has always been such a macho game and, unfortunately, perhaps more than
in any other sport, there can be an aggressive mob mentality in the
stands.
“But finally the tide is turning and more and more sports people are openly gay.”
The
two players – including an England international – have told family and
friends, and are being supported by their clubs and the Football
Association.
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