Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker claims that two Premier League players are close to coming out as gay ahead of this winter’s controversial World Cup in Qatar.
There has been a lot of criticism of the decision to hand Qatar the chance to host this tournament, with the country’s record on LGBTQ+ rights under the microscope.
Speaking in an exclusive to be published in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror, Lineker has sent a strong message to Qatar ahead of the start of the tournament, vowing not to shy away from asking difficult questions during coverage of the competition.
As well as that, the former Tottenham, Leicester City and England striker made the big claim that two Premier League players could be close to coming out…
Lineker says he hopes they’ll decide to do it during the World Cup, as that would undoubtedly send such a powerful message.
The tournament begins on November 20th and will certainly be intriguing to watch, with the climate in Qatar meaning it’s not being held during the summer, as has traditionally been the case throughout its history.
Qatar is not the place to do that lads, it isn’t Twitter where the worst will be idiots calling you a slur. Qatar should never have been given the green light to host the World Cup, it’s human rights are abhorrent they are fine with torture, murder and modern day slavery. When I say they I mean their government not the poor people just trying to get on with their lives. If you are part of the LGBTQ+ community and you are a player no matter what country you play for keep yourself safe.
If you feel you have to go over to watch a match and again are part of the LGBTQ+ community, keep your head down and take care.
I for one wouldn’t step foot in that place, say what you want about the UK, but the majority of people are if not accepting then at least have the heart and empathy to intervene if someone tried to physically hurt you. And that also includes the Police.
Good luck lads I wish you all the best but I don’t agree with Gary Lineker on this, far too dangerous.
Where do you have your car washed mate
Doesn’t say who the players are tho but fair play to them
Let’s hope he’s right & it opens the field for others.
It’s long overdue!
Good for them. It should not matter if you are gay, bi or straight. It makes no different to how they can play, it’s the same as being of light skin or darker
In a normal modern day society yes, but Qatar is not a normal modern day society.
Exactly my point.
People need to read the human rights violations Qatar commit continuously everyday even in 2022.
Very simple internet search will reveal the atrocities the government commit, it isn’t a hidden secret and it wasn’t when they were given the right to host the World Cup.
It should have never been allowed but who cares about human right violations when you’re greedy and Qatar offer billions.
As I said before, I wish the players all the luck in the world
I really hope the two players in question are big name players so they dont get brushed under the carpet people have to sit up and take notice
I like to treat everyone the same and personally it has nothing to do with me, or anyone else what your sexual orientation is. So why the f*** do people need to “come out” and make a big deal of it???????
Bi, straight, gay, balck, white, Muslim, Christian what ever it is should not matter at all. Qatar need to realise this for the world cup. In my eyes I agree with Eric Cantona this world cup is not a proper world up its just for football to grow for money in countries that still have laws and res on human life basically
Gary Linikar needs to keep his mouth shut on this one, he has no right what so ever to bring such a personal and delicate situation out into the public domain, he should be sacked by Match of the Day immediately. When and where and indeed IF they want to reveal their sexuality, is completely up to them, not Gary Big Mouth Linikar.
Let people be who the want to be,were not in the dark ages
We are not but Qatar very much is in the dark ages.