Carles Puyol said it was time to tell them about them.

Sunday 9 October will be in the United Kingdom.

The announcement that Iker was gay was the result of a hack, according to the soccer player.

The former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper updated his followers on Sunday.

The account was hacked. Everything was in place. I would like to apologize to my followers. More apologies to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer community.

The original post, which read "I hope you respect me, I'm gay", had been deleted from the account.

Carles Puyol was the former captain of Barcelona.

It said that it was time to tell them about us.

Following the deletion of Casillas, Puyol removed his post as well.

Sky Sports News wants to know if there is a hack of the account ofillas.

After being capped 167 times for Spain, and making over 700 appearances for Real Madrid, Iker Casillas is considered to be a legend of Spanish football.

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