Paris Saint-Germain defender Alex (Picture: AFP/Getty)

On the day Thomas Hitzlsperger came out, former Chelsea defender Alex is facing a huge backlash after making anti-gay comments in a French TV programme about religion in football.

The Canal+ show Jesus Football club airs tonight and quotes attributed to Alex, now at Paris Saint-Germain, in Le Parisien newspaper have provoked an angry response.

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The 31-year-old centre-half is quoted as saying: ‘God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Yves.’


Also on the show, which explore the relationship players have with religion, another Brazilian defender who plays for PSG – Marcos Ceara – says: ‘I am against divorce and abortion. I’m not really for homosexuality.’



The following excerpt from the documentary is in French: