Man United's player denies he is one of two Premier League players planning to reveal they are gay

Luke Shaw has denied he is one of the Premier League players planning on announcing they are gay.

The Mirror revealed on Friday night that two players - one an England international - are set to come out. They would be the first openly gay players still playing in the English top flight to reveal their sexuality since Justin Fashanu in 1990.

We are not naming the players involved, but Luke Shaw has now moved to deny he is one of them.

The Manchester United left-back took to Twitter on Saturday night to reply to a message posted by United fan account @UnitedStandMUFC which read: "The idiocy of these Luke Shaw rumours & he's not even gay! And so what if he is? He's a United player and we support him #MUFC".

@UnitedStandMUFC later replied: "It's just keyboard warriors trying to stir up trouble. Bottom line. United fans have YOUR back Luke. Speedy Recover pal # MUFC."

Gay footballers have stayed silent about their sexuality for fear of the backlash including taunts from opposing fans.

But with attitudes finally changing the two Premier League stars believe the time is right to come out.