The identity of the players is currently unknown, but the announcement will be made before next season.
Two UK-based footballers are set to come out as gay, in what will be a first for Premier League football.
Both Premier League footballers, one of whom has represented England, are set to publicly announce their sexuality after discussions with their respective friends and families, The Daily Mirror reported.
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There are currently no openly gay footballers in UK men's professional football, though former Aston Villa star Thomas Hitzlsperger came out in 2014, after he had quit the sport.
German footballer Hitzlsperger famously said "I just finally figured out I prefer living with a man," in an interview with a German newspaper Zeit, after having cancelled his scheduled wedding to his female fiancée seven years ago.
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The move by the two Premier League footballers, whose identity is currently not known, will be a monumental step forward within the sport.
"The stigma has completely gone, and the public are far more accepting.
"At this level of football, being gay is almost the final frontier," a source told the Daily Mirror.
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Only one male professional footballer, Justin Fashanu in 1990, has ever openly come out as gay, but none have done so in the Premier League era (post-1992).
Fashanu was subjected to regular abuse from fans and from fellow players during his career.
Another '90s football pro, Graeme Le Saux, has spoken of how he was often subjected to homophobic abuse from players and fans during the decade, despite being straight.
US footballer Robbie Rogers came out in 2013. Despite not playing professional football at the time, he had played for Leeds United in the UK. He briefly retired from the game after coming out publicly, but then signed LA Galaxy later that year.
Though the move set to be made by the two currently unknown Premier League footballers shows how much the sport has moved on since then, homophobia, particularly in the form of chants from the stands, is still an issue within football.
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