Premiership Habours Gay Footballers In Every Club

• Says some players frown gay team-mate ‘against their religion’

BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI – Former Manchester United exciting defender, Patrice Evra claims no amount of open denial can detract from the fact there are at least two players per club who are homosexual in the English Premiership.

However, Evra admitted that some of his teammates in England did not want gay players at their club for obvious religious reasons.

The former France international, who also played at West Ham along with several other clubs outside England, stated his conviction that there are at least two gay players on every team.

Evra told Le Parisien; “When I was in England, they brought someone to talk to the team about homosexuality. Some of my colleagues said, ‘It is against my religion, if there is a homosexual in this locker room, let him leave the club’ and other comments.

“At that time, I said, ‘Shut up.’ I played with players who were gay. Face to face, they opened up with me because they are afraid to speak otherwise.”

“There are at least two players per club who are gay – but in the world of football, if you say so, it’s over”, he said

Currently, Adelaide United midfielder, Josh Cavallo is the only openly gay male top-level professional football player in the world. Adelaide United is a professional soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Evra’s words came just days after Cavallo revealed he had suffered homophobic abuse during an A-League match against Melbourne Victory at the weekend.

The Sydney Morning Herald also reported that Adelaide United had asked South Australia Police to investigate death threats received by Cavallo on social media. – With Goal.com report.