Edwin Okon Deflects Questions On How He Handles Gay Players In Super Falcons Squad
Ahead of the meeting between Nigeria and the United States at the Fifa Women’ s World Cup, Super Falcons manager Edwin Okon was quizzed about how he handles the gay players in his roster.<br /><br />American magazine <i>Sports Illustrated </i>has claimed in its electronic edition, citing an anonymous source, that at least two players failed to make Nigeria’ s roster to Canada because they are lesbians.<br /><br />“I don’t know what you mean by ‘homosexual.’ I don’t deal with personal lives,” Edwin Okon told si.com.<br /><br />“I think of the game proper. I don’t think of my players’ life. I only think of what they do on the pitch. That is what concerns me.”<br /><br />It was suggested by the publication that over 30 to 40 percent of the Nigerian women’s team has been gay or bisexual but did not make it public.<br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />
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