Katie McCabe has hailed teenage Blackpool midfielder Jake Daniels for his recent decision to come out - and the Arsenal and Ireland ace says she hopes to be at next year’s Dublin Pride parade.
The openly gay footballer, whose partner Ruesha Littlejohn is also in the Ireland squad in Tbilisi, believes Daniels’ decision to speak out at the age of 17 can spur other male players to do the same.
She said: “I released a tweet off the back of what Jake Daniels had said, when he came out.
