Jake Daniels becomes UK's first active male professional footballer to come out publicly as gay - reaction

Jake Daniels became the UK's first male professional footballer to come out publicly as gay on Monday.

Daniels shared his story with Sky Sports and Gary thought his decision would go down in history as an important day for English football.

I was incredibly proud to see a 17-year-old do an interview of that level of quality.

I wouldn't have been able to do that in my twenties or thirties. What he has just done was bravery. We have been in dressing rooms for a long time and it would be hard to announce that you are gay. I can not imagine how hard that has been.

It is a day of great importance for Jake and his family, but also for English football. It will go down in history. It's a big moment for football players. This is of huge importance.

I was on the management committee of the PFA for about 20 years and it was a major issue that we didn't have a player comfortable enough to come out and say they were gay.

How do we deal with this? How do we address this? This issue has not been dealt with well by the game. I think it is about getting good at dealing with fans.

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Jake was supported in telling his story.

The role of the football club is important, if there are other players in the future, according to Jamie Carragher.

Neil Critchley in that role will be a huge support mechanism for Jake and that is what he will need going forward. It looks like he has a lot of talent and we hope he does well.

Gary has said about the courage of Jake. I think they are an example to others of how to go about this when other players come out in the future, because it is not just about Jake.

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The statement read: "We support Jake and believe football is for everyone." Everyone is welcome in clubs and communities. It is up to all of us to make that happen, which is why we should all speak out against discrimination.

Jake, you are an inspiration to us all and we fully support your decision to be open about this part of yourself, read a statement from the FA. Football is a game for all, with diversity at its heart, and this is a hugely positive step as we strive to build an inclusive game that we can all be proud of.