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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Nick Mashiter

Jake Daniels coming out ‘feels like watershed moment’, says PFA chair John Mousinho

Professional Footballers’ Association chairman John Mousinho believes the day is coming when more players feel comfortable coming out but warned the game still lags behind society.

The Oxford defender hailed Blackpool’s Jake Daniels after the forward came out on Monday, becoming the first openly gay active professional footballer in the UK since Justin Fashanu in 1990.

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