Will there ever be an openly gay Premier League footballer?

the media will do nothing but cheerlead

In fact any negative reaction won't be much to the gayness itself but the vomit inducing fawning and heralding of a new hero by the media (and social media heroes) instead of treating the player like a normal player.

Its a bit weird the over zealous clamour in some circles to nearly demand a gay player instead of just watching them to play ball.

The media won’t be a problem, the opposition fans or some opposition fans will.

if a journalist for a media outlet / publication said anything vaguely controversial regarding a players sexuality you’ll have advertisers leaving en masse... advertising pays the bills revenue would plummet.

What bigots see as "progressive zealotry" is often just a reaction to years of bigotry. It'll settle down eventually, and a sportsperson coming out as gay will be about as much of a story as, I dunno, appearing on pitch with a different hairstyle.

Cristiano Ronaldo would make love to himself if he could, if that counts...

Back in the 1990s there was a Premier League soccer player by the name of Graeme Le Saux.

He was straight and married with kids.

However he endured over a decade of homophobic abuse from fellow professionals and fans.

The reason was because he collected antique furniture and read the Guardian newspaper.

Eventually he snapped after being taunted by crypto-rodent Robbie Fowler and elbowed him in the face.

If Le Saux had to endure all that just because he read a newspaper with more words than pictures, imagine what an openly gay player would have to go through.

Although he only played for the smaller clubs and didn't admit it until his days on the field were nearly over most people had an idea Justin Fashanu was kicking with the left foot because he made no secret of the fact he was going to gay nightclubs.

Its' funny how a simple question has triggered a load of people with a certain mindset "Social justice guff", "take the knee rubbish", "WOKE Clergy", "SJW movement", "progressive zealots", "vomit inducing fawning and heralding of a new hero" .... all this is one page 😁

It's funny that as backward as the GAA is sometimes portrayed that Donal Og came out over a decade ago and no one really batted an eyelid and he's a permanent fixture now on The Sunday Game.

David Gough is a gay gaelic football referee and no one seems to care either. He's probably one of the more liked referees by supporters.

I can't see it happen in football (soccer) any time soon. There are just too many knuckle-draggers in the stands. Someone mentioned Graeme le Saux earlier from the 90s being abused even though he wasn't gay, I don't think things have moved on since then really which is really strange considering wider society has.

You have high standards, would you settle for a championship player. Whats your type

Edit Thomas HItzlsperger - but i think he was retired

As a fan who goes to games every week, I find it insulting to try to categories players, I regularly call players donkeys or worse, but why does anybody have to bring a players sexuality into any conversation in a game of football, who cares, when you are on the terraces, nobody cares if a player is LGBTQ or anything else, they only care if they are shité or not, if a player needs to come out so be it, but if you are wondering about why there isn't more player out, perhaps there isn't that many,