The former England striker says he knows two Premier League footballers who had been 'very close' to coming out before now, adding that 'it would be great if one or two of them came out during the World Cup'.
"At the end of the day, as long as you don't do anything that harms other people, if you're not destroying public property, as long as you're behaving in a way that's not harmful, then everybody's welcome and you have nothing to worry about.
Lineker's comments come after he was found to have breached BBC impartiality rules over a remark he made about the Conservative Party having Russian donors., then foreign secretary, urging Premier League teams to boycott the Champions League final in Russia, with the comment:"And her party will hand back their donations from Russian donors?"
The former footballer said his tweet was prompted by an article on football, and it was intended as a comment on the sport rather than on politics. However, the BBC said it has upheld a reader complaint made about his tweet from 23 February, and that the finding has been reported to the management of BBC Sport and discussed with Lineker.
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