Marvin Ekpiteta (left) played against Peterborough on 7 May, the match in which Jake Daniels made his first-team debutJake Daniels has told Blackpool team-mate Marvin Ekpiteta that historical homophobic social media posts he made do not “define the man you are today”.Ekpiteta, 26, then apologised for posts he called “offensive and completely inappropriate” from 2012 and 2013.”I am proud to be your team-mate and to be part of the Blackpool family,” Daniels, 17, said on social media.external-link”What you said 10 years ago at 17 years old doesn’t define the man you are today. We are all moving football forwards together.”Daniels replied directly to Ekpiteta’s apology on social media, in which he said: “I take full responsibility for these posts, and I am sorry.”Ekpiteta has since deleted the historical posts, which he said had been “highlighted” on Tuesday.He played in the same Blackpool… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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