West Ham winger Matt Jarvis has insisted it is time a gay footballer felt comfortable enough to come out and believes that doing so could aid an individual’s on-pitch performances.
Jarvis has followed the leads of David Beckham and Freddie Ljungberg to become only the third footballer to feature on the cover of the UK’s bestselling gay magazine, Attitude, and is confident that homophobia would not be a significant problem.
‘It’s everyday life,’ said Jarvis, who is married. ‘It’s not something that’s going to be a shock.
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