Frank Lampard, ex-England international recently made a startling revelation stating his wish for gay footballers to open up about their sexuality to the public and gain full respect thereby. He said this during his appearance on Channel Four’s ‘Alan Carr’s Chatty Man‘
Host Carr asked if a gay footballer will ever come out to the public:
“Do you think we will ever see a gay footballer? Statistically there should be loads. One in ten are gay aren’t they? Fifty-thousand professional footballers, one of them must be.”
Lampard responded:
“Well we have had a couple. Thomas Hitzlsperger who played in the Premier League, came out after having moved back to Germany or Italy. ‘n America, Robbie Rogers played there.”
“I think a lot of the problem is, as you say, it’s a fact that it will be out there, as it is in all modern life at all times, but I think we are probably at fault as a sport.
“I think that it’s that old syndrome where it’s a mans game and you can’t talk about that. I have to say the game’s changing a lot. There are a lot of campaigns. I feel it in the dressing room. There’s a different feel about it.“Yeah there should be. I would love it if someone came out and everyone treated it with respect. You know that thing about ‘we’re macho we play football,’ is very old hat.”
