ITALIAN FOOTBALLERS ACCUSED OF PAYING FOR GAY SEX

An Italian footballer turned rent boy has claimed that 30 leading Italian footballers have paid him for sex.

The man, whose name was not revealed, made the claim in a television interview on the La 7 channel.

“I have about 30 clients who are footballers and I would say that a dozen are Serie A and national team players – several times I have been asked to take part in group sex sessions,” he said, while declining to identify any of these players.

He went on to add that, “A lot of them are bisexual, they are married or have girlfriends. They have a respectable image but none of them will ever admit to being gay, not for the time being anyway.

“They all know I am a footballer as well but they like me because I am discreet.” The man said that he was paid around 1500 euros per session.

Homophobia in football has long been blamed for players refusing to be open about their sexuality.

According to Sepp Blatter, President of the Federation of International Football, there are gay footballers, “but they don’t declare it because they think it will not be accepted in these macho organisations.”