Top Spanish footballer Iker Casillas comes out as gay

ex-footballer

Big Dick Face 😛

Why do these men go through these heternormative marriages and then put their families through this????

The closet is one hell of a concept.

It's not fair to his wife & children, and yet, these gays will end up with the MOST support.

Very handsome young man. And very sturdy with his big neck and legs. Great goalie. Still handsome as a DILF. Hope he has some good male lovers or partners now. Hope his wife isn't too broken up over this.

Did he ever get a taste of David Villa?

BFFs forever

@r3, Lighten-up, Frau Karen, he didn't marry you, so your life as well as your virginity are still intact 🙄

So, he's a fag?

R7, I'm sorry dear. I couldn't hear over the sound of your screaming children.

Your wife will be home soon so we'll talk later when she's sleeping, mkay?

Younger days…

Have any footballers come out while playing professionally? Or is it still too homophobic a sport?

The main soccer subreddit is of the opinion that his Twitter account was hacked, since it's been an hour and there hasn't been any response from anyone yet.

r10 Great pic!!

Well his BFF David Villa has been openly homophobic but that's standard "locker room talk" in sports so who knows just how homophobic it really would be in 2022. All these European guys operate in European culture which has way tamped down on open expressions of homophobia. And they make fortunes on their public image so they might just publicly tow the liberal party line if there was a tootie fruitie on their team.

Any gay that lives in Europe or the USA that is still marrying unaware women are horrible human beings and are not worthy of any respect.

r14

Well, that would be a huge anti-climax.

(I don't think Americans realize what a huge deal this would be if it's real. Easily the most impactful coming out in decades.)

R17 who says that she was unaware, frau? She was a beard, she was paid for it. She knew whats going on

I've always had such a crush on him. Here he was kissing his then girlfriend after winning the WC.

Thank you for sharing your sanctimonious judgement R17. Were you a world class gifted athlete at 16 in Europe wondering whether to be openly gay in your sport and in your family? Also, read R19.

Carles Puyol is his boyfriend

Ex is the keyword. Ex.

Beauty and the Beast?

Spain is much more progressive and gay friendly than Italy. More so than many would assume.

What’s to respect? You’re retired.

BOSS!! I want his jizzz!

r17, has no concept of how the real world works, because her romance novels say that real men only marry for true love and never cheat on their cherished Hausfraus

Barf 🤮

r17 Being gay doesn't automatically equate to having a bad opinion of women.

r23

He's a football legend though. Even if he's retired, this is still massive.

Did he delete the tweet?

I hope he's not making a joke...he has a family and kids and you don't put out a statement like this on social media if it's not true. If it's a joke then he's a cabrón mejor!!!

r33

Looks like it.

Welp, much ado about nothing.

Yep, tweet deleted, obviously a hack.

R30 what this guy did is much worse than cheating (if it's true).

thye both were hacked?

Maybe he decided gay was not the way, so he’s decided to transition. Transgender is the way, apparently.

There's some speculation that it was a gross joke. If so, he's gonna get some blowback for sure.

Nah, R40.

🙄🙄🙄

Even a fake coming out cost him 3 million followers. Apparently football is still the world's most homophobic sport.

Wow remember when he had several threads about him and another football player??? I think it was like 80 or 90 total

So the closet is still a cozy retreat. But once you're linked to Shakira, the hassle of coming out and changing your life forever is the better option. Poor Shakira.

OH BABY.

That's my man, deny everything

(call me)

seriously? Carles Puyol too?

too good to be true

[quote] Wow remember when he had several threads about him and another football player?

It was Gerard Pique and Zlatan who started those threads, but I’m sure we worked San Iker into the mix somewhere.

David Beckham and Iker…….

More like came out as homophia. DL so naive...

he delete the tweet. How young are his kids? maybe they might get bullied in school etc.

Real Madrid unfollowed him??

Too old to bottom now

R53 Real Madrid only follows its current players, so no. They don’t even follow Cristiano Ronaldo.

NOW a warning?!

He wasn't hacked...he tried to make a joke about being gay because of the gossip tabloids. That's not funny, but ignorant!

solid troll of the tabloids tbh

Translation to english?

How is this dude? Millennials. Ugh.

Ooopsie. What a pity. We would have welcomed him with open mouths and rosebuds.

“Hacked account. Luckily everything in order. Apologies to all my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community. 🙏”

Yeah of course he was 'hacked'.

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

God, I was so in love with Fernando Torres. That Spanish era team was on fire.

He got some major backlash for his gross joke.....so obviously claimed his account was hacked instead of taking responsibility for simply being an asshole.

R50 Becks just has that magnetic effect on all men, sexuality no object.

Cf. Jack Grealish

I knew it was too good to be true...

Gays are so sensitive

Torres is now jacked up.

Long time ago Torres...

R48 people should have known instantly it was a disgusting homophobic joke, because no creature walking this Earth truly finds Puyol sexually attractive.

R70 no DONT I miss my twinky baby Nando sfm😭😭

R69, I fucking hate it. He's obviously on steroids and looks ridiculous. He was so beautiful lithe and super fit.

Why was it homophobic ? I pretended to be straight many times before

[quote] Spain is much more progressive and gay friendly than Italy

R27 well sorta. It’s gotten better this millennium at least..

Apparently it was a joke and he took it down.

Thanks for the breaking news, Cronkite at r76.

[quote] tow the liberal party line

Oh, dear!

"Iker" is a terrible name. 🤮👎

Well, that was a fun minute before reading that it was hack/joke/whatever. He was part of a really good-looking cohort of world-class footballers. Oh well.

Well, that was anticlimactic. My first reaction was "that can't be." Of all the Spanish footballers, he's among the last I would have thought is gay. Xavi Hernandez, OTOH...

Yikes.

Let’s see a pic of Xavi so we can see if we want him.

Now you, Cri-cri.

[quote]Very handsome young man. And very sturdy with his big neck and legs.

I love the word "sturdy".

Whether he’s gay or not and whether it really was a hoax/hack/joke or not, from now Football twitter will become even more unusable and vile. They’re even gonna invent new slurs.

r83 HE doesn't look that great these days. Better former player football managers to lust over.

[quote] Better former player football managers to lust over.

How right you are...

The Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, out as gay himself, is unimpressed and dismayed.

Checking Expedia right now for next flights to Madrid.

He wasn’t making fun of anyone

He was the captain of Real Madrid. They will never pick a gay captain ever.

I think he deserves a good gang bang in a Turkish prison, you know, just for laughs 😠

iker was hacked but what about puyol? I dont get it.

Lol, he was so pretty in his prime and I immediately thought that statement wasn’t true, no pings whatsoever on my radar.

R92 only the very sexiest national teams nominate gay captains yenno😔

Did he really lose 3M followers? 😳 The reality is that the majority of fans are not in Western Europe and reside in countries that are rabidly homophobic from Serbia to Asia to the Middle East to Latin American countries. A star player will never come out, even if he's willing, the team won't permit the revenue loses that would ensue. FFS, Barcelona has to remove St. Jordi's cross from jerseys and merchandise sold in Muslim countries.

R73 No use wringing your hands about a normal progression for a young jock from 20 to 40 years old. Can't stop time. If you want lithe look for a young footballer.

The background to the tweet was that he was being linked to several different women in the press, so it was supposed to be a sarcastic reference to that.

In the context of homophobia in football, it was thoughtless and tasteless, but I don't think that was necessarily the intention. (It could have been, of course, I don't know. A lot of footballers are homophobic.)

R83, Xavi was a handsome chap in days gone by. He started looking a bit rough when he went to Qatar, which is just punishment. Iniesta, who was never that good-looking, retired to Japan and is making lots of money without having sold his soul. He seems very nice too.

Sorry, forgot to include a photo. Iniesta on the left, Xavi on the right.

R99 what are you talking about? he admitted he was hacked

That's what he says, R101. I don't believe him. Puyol claims to have been hacked too, and I don't believe that either.

The claim he lost three million followers is apparently fake.

God, I am DYING for a big gay football coming out before this World Cup.

[quote] it was thoughtless and tasteless, but I don't think that was necessarily the intention. (It could have been, of course, I don't know. A lot of footballers are homophobic.)

Football is curious as a culture, in that the mens’ clubs & fans of almost every nation (except North America & Australia, ironically) are to some extent homophobic and misogynistic, yet some of the world’s most iconic and famous and successful male stars of the game are overtly-femmey looking or sounding men (Cristiano, Becks, Henry, and more recently Silva, Agüero....)

Which is kind of a double slap of misogyny, considering how women, whether female players or WAGs or groupies, have always been viewed and treated as disposable lessers/vessels/accessories by footballers. Apparently it’s fine to be feminine and even homoromantic in football, so long as you’re one of the lads and you’ve got some muscles and you’re good on the ball and you’re not actually *gasp* gay (or worse, a woman playing the game).

OMG he made fun of us. I am so angry right I can't even think straight.

[quote] The claim he lost three million followers is apparently fake.

R103 he probably actually gained 3 million new followers, most of them sandpeople. He knew what he was doing.

[quote]The claim he lost three million followers is apparently fake.

Says who.

[quote]he probably actually gained 3 million new followers, most of them sandpeople

And sandpeople always follow single file, to hide their numbers.

True, R104, everyone jokes about the close relationships in the Argentina squad (e.g. Rodri de Paul) but imagine the reaction if one of them came out. They wouldn't be able to go back to Argentina again.

Oh, and someone mentioned David Villa upthread.

OMG!!! I used to fancy him when I was a kid after I saw a locker room clip with him presenting dong. OMG!!!!

He looks like Nolan North.

David Villa? I had wondered what happened to him, he just disappeared. Thought he retired or died tbh.

Well, this news was a nothingburger.

That's very disappointing about Villa.

Xabi Alonso is the Spanish player I love the most. He just took the job at Leverkusen.

R115 *sobs in Gerlonso*

Oh my! This must be BIG in Spain. One of the most famous soccer players there ever.

Poor r117. Couldn’t even read the thread.

[quote] That's very disappointing about Villa.

It is, mate.

Oh, you meant--err, never mind.

Dammit, R119, don't rub it in!

Sori R12 bach, didn't mean to be insensitive.

Remember, you'll always have the miraculous 2019 season! No-one can take that from you.

Puyol tweeted an apology.

[quote]I have made a mistake. Sorry for a clumsy joke with no bad intentions and totally out of place. I understand that it may have hurt sensitivities. All my respect and support for the LGTBIQA+ community

R122 lovely copy. His agent has had a busy day, it would seem....

[quote]Remember, you'll always have the miraculous 2019 season! No-one can take that from you.

True enough. I got SO drunk that day.

How could you see all those hot naked bodies all the time and not at least turn bi?

It sure has been a week for football. Definitely has...been a week...

At least one-third of the Spaniard male population = gay. I've done my research on this subject!

Quero su leche.

^^soz wrong thread (well mostly)

R125 the way they report that, as if the incident is rare and shocking in football🙃willing to bet that behind closed doors there’s a lot of these teams at it sexually

R109 Not able to go back to Argentina is a stretch considering its one of the gay friendliest countries in the western world, but it would cause a stir for sure.

R126, what do you think was said? I highly doubt it was racial. Henderson is not racist.

R132 yes, I agree and really want to believe Hendo wouldn't ever say anything racially offensive, especially not in full view of a dozen HD cameras and all his colleagues & fans, and I find it hard to imagine that he would. Tw!tter is a kangaroo court, and I don't believe much of what the armchair psychs & lawyers who use it have to say, plus this accusation would be so out-of-character for the person we understand Jordan to be. He's someone I've always looked up to in sport (and there's pretty much no other man I can say that about in sport) for the way he uses his platform to champion others and hilight abuses and inequalities as much as he's able.

Not to use the 'I have black friends' defense', but Hendo dotes on his younger POC/foreign teammates at both England & Liverpool, and has even vocally led and organised campaigns to castigate home & away fans for racially abusing those younger players. He's an outspoken man in general about inequality. It's on record that he has the respect and love of many POC players both English and foreign.

Personally, I'm hoping and envisaging that it's either to a case of lost in translation (Hendo's thick Mackem accent and non-RP dialect making a more tame insult or trash-talk sound like something far worse to Brazilian ears that don't understand colloquial English too well), or to Hendo calling out the opposing player who is currently being investigated for rape and the opposing teammates taking umbrage (though it's likely the accused did rape multiple women). The latter seems likely to me, given Hendo has preteen daughters and has spoken before about womens' rights issues (on behalf of the England womens' football squad).

But the F.A. will decide with the footage and accounts they have of the alleged incident, and we have to deal with the facts when they come to us, whatever those may be and however much they may hurt or shock. As my girl Ellie Goulding says, 'you think you know somebody....'

R3, R17, oh, just fuck off dumb frau.

R131, I was talking about football culture at large rather than Argentina specifically, sorry for expressing myself badly. Where football culture is strong it tends to be intolerant even in gay-friendly societies, or at least that's my view of it.

Since I mentioned the joking about the strong camaraderie in the squad, TyC Sports in Argentina did some creepy deepfake music videos to promote their World Cup coverage. One is Roderigo de Paul in 'Nothing Compares 2 U', but there's also Cristiano Ronaldo in 'I'm Too Sexy' by Right Said Fred'.

Heroic lesbian England defender Lucy Bronze is having none of this nonsense put. I adore this woman and want her babies.

‘San’ Iker won’t ever be decanonised. Bet this incident only elevates him in the eyes of homophobe Spanish ultras.

R137 i think it's the opposite

R98, Torres' cuurent physique has nothing to do with natural progression and aging. He's become roid head, that's the problem. There are plenty of footballers who remained fit and trim years after retirement. Look at Maldini and Guardiola. Torres looks scary with his giant neck and tiny head.

R139 i despise that bald fraud Pep for his work with MCFC but yeah there is no denying he is looking good

Gorgeous Paolo Maldini, who is 53. Look at that beautiful frame.

I think klopp is a bit of a crybaby when things don't go his way, but the guy is pretty funny.

I think klopp would be fun to have a drink with.

Does Maldini smoke? A lot of Italians do. Gigi Buffon smokes, among others. Paulo is still beautiful and his sons are cute. Zidane's son are cute too.

[quote]It was Gerard Pique and Zlatan who started those threads

Those intimate carpark pics will never get old....

R144 still can't believe they got away with saying those were platonic. A bro doesn't tenderly touch your chin (dangerously close to your lips) or cradle your fingers to his heart unless you're in a warzone and one or both of you are shot. Fucking lying little closetcase ballbags.

I would love to hear the story from the photographer who took those pictures in the parking lot! I bet he's been paid off to stay quiet forever.

gay today, coño tomorrow.

Don't know if Maldini smokes but I was bummed to find out Baggio did or still does.

The best-looking retired player. He’s kept his figure and is only getting better.

Only on DL would people think the pic posted at r139 is “scary” with a giant neck / head or a crazy roided-out look 🙄

Isn't Maldini a racist homophobic fuck?

I was molested.

[QUOTE]gay today, coño tomorrow.

Doesn't coño mean "cunt?"

Yes. He likes cock today but pussy tomorrow i.e, he was gay for about a day while the rumors persisted but went back to being straight the next day.

[quote] Why don't we have a soccer/football thread?

R142 here:

If he says he was hacked, then he was hacked!

Former pro player, actually famous and accomplished, came out as bi. He isn’t good looking, so it wasn’t more talked about outside Brazil.

R157 good for him, and still courageous given his level of achievement in the game. He probably got a bit of grief about it in media and on socials.

Still, too bad it wasn't the 25-year old Richarlison (no relation). Having a current top player in their prime come out would be an instant paradigm shift.

Wow, Maldini has really aged well. He was always one of my favorites--such a great face. Hope he's not an ass.

Zidane has gotten better and better with age.

Maldini's only "fault" is his nose which was busted a number of times.

soccer turns another one gay

R148 Baggio is really into Buddhism, apparently, which was massive surprise for me to learn. It's not what one expects from the Stuart Pierce of Italy.

[quote] Why do these men go through these heternormative marriages

Heterosexual, you dumb fuck.

R161 is homoeroticism not the point of these sports? like i srsly thought that was the idea

The media speculation that led to his lie was weird enough. Who cares who ugly over-the-hill players date? Only the current sexy stars are of interest.

Sin never dies.

Just last week Gary Lineker gave a statement saying that he has insider info that two Prem stars are set to come out soon, maybe during the World Cup. Then this debacle happened.

Coincidence and poor timing from him? Or Crisp-wanker being an arsehole and trolling?

lolFutbol basically

Barcelona isn't going to collapse over €20m lost revenue. As a fan-owned club, they don't have oil states or billionaire investors to bail them out like Manchester City or Chelsea, but they'll probably raise another sponsorship to cover the Champions League losses.

Is Mbappe gay? After all his recent fuss it occurred to me he might be. Google tells me he's dating a transwoman?

Barcelona can always force their players to start an onlyfans if they run out of levers. I would subscribe to frenkie de jong and Gavi.

r162 r168

Kind of off-topic, but the guy in these videos used to be a hot twink actor.

R172 lol yes a 20-something Rory did start his career as a hopeful actor in Brit dramas and independents. Gave it a good go, though he didn't get far.

He also had a short but memorable stint as a recurring minor antagonist in longrunning popular London soap EASTENDERS, playing the would-be rapist boyfriend to tragic Lucy Beale. But don't go and ask him about that in his comments, because he doesn't like to talk about it nowadays...

eventually we're gonna have to have a serious conversation about how this all went down

R174 he's probably just doubling down and trolling like the rightwing homophobe clown he seems to be. Perhaps if we ignore him he'll go away.

Did you see his comment on Puyol's instagram the other day?

R175 do you work for the Spanish tabloids or something? the jig is up

R177 not at all. I don't work for any sports media (though if @TalkSport want to give me a job hmu). I'm just an English Prem fan and more interested in current younger players. I also don't like creeps who make jokes at the expense of paying season ticket holders & fans who happen to be LGB.

R169 well yeah they can crowdfund the cash. the bigger problem is that they have no financial strategy and keep spending what they have in unsustainable ways

for one example of the dozen or more debts they still owe— Man City have not seen €55 for the purchase of Ferran Torres. from 10 months ago. Barça do not have that liquid cash to pay back and that debt is rapidly accruing interest but they still are promising a quick payback. like my brothers in Christ with WHAT money??

at this point like where are they finding the cash to keep the lights on at the Spotify Camp Nou

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^one thing about world history is there’s always some Spanish cunt

who even asked for his take on the ballon d’or? was one L not enough for a season?

R179, Man City and Barcelona agreed to a payment in installments for Torres, so I'm pretty sure there's no promise for a rapid payment though I'm open to correction if you have a reliable source. Transfer debt is extremely common across all the leagues and there's nothing nefarious involved in most cases.

[quote]the bigger problem is that they have no financial strategy and keep spending what they have in unsustainable ways

Barcelona accumulated a potentially ruinous debt through a number of avenues: irresponsible transfer investments for which they overpaid; hugely inflated wages during the reign of the previous (corrupt) club president Bartomeu and finally the effect of Covid which made it impossible to recover the losses.

Agree with it or not, there is a financial strategy. One is getting rid of the worst of the Bartomeu contracts: Messi and Griezemann's wages are gone, Busquets, Piqué and Alba are holding on but may be gone by the end of the season and De Jong refuses to be transferred at this point. The decision was made to finance the bulk of the debt and invest in new players and new infrastructure, the rationale being that the club could not afford to wait for future success. There have been positives and negatives to this strategy. On the one hand, attendances at games have averaged 80,000 this season and the club's merchandise sales are extremely healthy, which are two of the primary objectives. On the other hand, whereas no-one expects immediate success across the board, a trophy or two is mandatory, and Xavi's inexperience is starting to tell. Also, the means used to try to get De Jong and Alba to leave and Lewandowski to break his contract with Bayern were dodgy and the question remains of whether it was really a good idea, on balance, to push Messi out.

It should be noted that many clubs in La Liga suffered as a result of Covid and have also sold media assets, except that these were offered to them by La Liga, whereas Barcelona obtained more favourable terms for theirs. Sevilla are in trouble due to debt and have had to sell their most valuable players, which was taken advantage of in a despicable way by Ajax in the transfer of Ocampos.

Sorry, what I meant to say in the last paragraph was that La Liga offered clubs a package of compensation for the sale of their media assets, but Real Madrid, Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao opted out.

[quote] Sevilla are in trouble due to debt and have had to sell their most valuable players, which was taken advantage of in a despicable way

fairs but consider: sevilla are the spurs of la liga. ie whatever they do will be ridiculous and end them up in the mud bc cringefail is in their club heritage

[quote]Why don't we have a soccer/football thread?

You must be very, very new here.

R185, that thread is closed

R186 try here love:

I heard rumors that messi might go back to Barcelona.

Happy for him

R167 if the English couple to come out are not Dier/Dele I will be shocked

He looks a little like Steve Young former quarterback who was rumored to be gay but turns out he is just anxious.

Iker should donate a tidy sum to gay charities by way of apology. It's the least he could do.

TIL Iker is a golf buddy to tennis legend Rafa Nadal. Who would have thought?

R157 Richarlyson has HUGE legs (and teeth), slight torso and shoulders. I wouldn't throw him out of bed. Cute enough and charming smile.

He looks like a thoroughbred.