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Iker Casillas has deleted a tweet in which he seemingly announced he was coming out as gay.<\/p>\n

The former Real Madrid and Spain goalkeeper made the announcement on Twitter to his 10m followers on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Translated, the tweet reads: \u2018I hope you respect me, I\u2019m gay<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Shortly after his announcement, the 41-year-old received a wave of support online, including from Barcelona icon and his former Spain teammate Carles Puyol, who responded by saying, \u201cThe time has come to tell our story, Iker\u201d.<\/p>\n

Subsequently, the Real Madrid legend apologised for deleting the tweet in which he said \u201cI’m gay\u201d while confirming that his account was hacked.<\/p>\n

In an explanation messaged, Casillas wrote: “Hacked account. Luckily everything in order. Apologies to all my followers. And of course, more apologies to the LGBT community.”<\/p>\n

Casillas is considered a legend of Spanish football after being capped 167 for his country and making over 700 appearances for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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