'Some of the players said, 'If someone is gay in this room then they have to go' and [they referenced] their religion.'
Evra joined West Ham in February 2018 on a free transfer after leaving Marseille, with the Premier League side the final professional club he played for before retiring at the end of the season.over homophobic abuse he posted on social media in 2019Evra said in the video: “Paris, you are queers, you are queers,” causing uproar across France and the world.
“Some of the players said, “If someone is gay in this room then they have to go’ and [they referenced] their religion,”“I stood up and said, ‘Shut up everyone, are we still judging people for who they are?’ Evra says many young gay players came to him during his time playing football telling the Premier League winner that they were too frightened to come out.
“I don’t want to be an example because I am not perfect. But I am a public figure who can influence a lot of people so people can interpret things in the wrong way and use that to destroy you.
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