I am not gay - Luke Shaw

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".

Shaw, 20, replied: "it's not me so everyone can shut up now."

Shaw is currently recovering from a broken leg and is expected to be out until March.