Ex-player questions wisdom of Jankto coming out

Former football international Ladislav Vízek has questioned the wisdom of current national team player Jakub Jankto coming out publicly this week. The 27-year-old is the highest profile current player to have revealed their homosexuality.

Speaking on Czech Television, Vízek said Jankto should not have made the move while at Sparta Prague and still an international. He said people associated homosexuality with effeminacy and believed it was not part of nature.

Jankto’s coming out made global headlines and earned him support from many soccer associations and clubs around the world.