The impact of Britain's first openly gay footballer in decades

For several decades no male professional footballer in England dare do it.

Now it has taken a 17-year-old to accept national if not global attention into his life by declaring a simple personal truth: he’s gay.

So why did it take this long? What difference could Jake Daniels' declaration make? And can football really be inclusive when the World Cup is hosted where homosexuality remains illegal?

Sports Editor Steve Scott tells Lucrezia Millarini what you need to know…