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Radio 5 Live,1 min

Hitzlsperger announcement: Football fans react

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The former Aston Villa, West Ham and Everton footballer Thomas Hitzlsperger has been telling the BBC how he made the decision to come out. The former Germany international is only the fourth professional footballer to reveal that he is gay. In this 90-second summary 5 live's Lucy Grey talked to fans of Manchester City and Hitzlsberger's former club West Ham at last night's League Cup semi. Plus, former Chelsea and England defender Graeme Le Saux talks about suffering homophobic abuse as a player despite not being gay.

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