Football Manager 2018 is taking a positive step to kick homophobia out of football.

The new edition of the world's most popular football management simulator will include players coming out as gay for the first time.

Real-life players won't come out – because there could be legal and moral repercussions – but computer-generated players who replace retired professionals, have the potential to.

@LokiDokigg @DoctorBenjy @milesSI  Is this an early Easter Egg in the FM2018 Beta? pic.twitter.com/BWRz3KjxbL

— Lugenhimer (@lugenhimer83) October 29, 2017

Speaking to BBC Sport on the decision to make the change, the game's director Miles Jacobson, said:

"Part of the reason we decided to do this is because there are gay footballers. We know from the amount of professionals that there has to be players who are gay but feel they don't want to come out.

I find it weird that it's still a problem in football so we decided to try and show people that coming out isn't a big deal and can be a positive thing."

Now let's see the real thing.