Blackpool's Marvin Ekpiteta has apologised to teammate Jake Daniels for historical homophobic posts that emerged just days after his colleague came out.
On Monday Daniels, aged 17, became the first professional footballer in more than 30 years to come out whilst still playing. His historic statement won plaudits from the footballing fraternity worldwide. But just a day later tweets posted by Ekpiteta on social media from 2012 and 2013 re-surfaced. Now, the 26-year-old has "wholeheartedly apologised" for the comments and to Daniels.
In a lengthy post, he wrote: "I want to wholeheartedly apologise for the offensive and completely inappropriate language I used, and for the sentiments I expressed.
