"And as you do get older you realise you just can't… and it's just something you won't be able to do. Image: Jake Daniels (R) has received 'amazing support' from his teammates "So all the way through my life I was like, 'It's fine, you'll get a girlfriend when you're older and you'll change and it'll be fine'." "Now I am just confident and happy to be myself finally."ĭaniels said he knew he was gay at around age five or six, and that he initially believed that football and being gay didn't mix. "Since I've come out to my family, my club and my teammates, that period of overthinking everything and the stress it created has gone.
"However, I knew that would lead to a long time of lying and not being able to be myself or lead the life that I want to.
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No other player in the professional game here is out. I asked myself if I should wait until I've retired to come out. On coming out, he said: "For a long time I've thought I would have to hide my truth because I wanted to be, and now I am, a professional footballer.
He made his first team debut earlier this month on the last day of the season, and played a major role in the team's run to the quarter-finals of the FA Youth Cup, scoring against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Image: The teenager has said he was fed up of lying about who he really isīlackpool's hot prospect, who has scored 30 goals for the under-19s this season, signed a professional contract with the club in February.