Liverpool led by Klopp will get about 26.1% of the Champions League final tickets
England coach Jurgen Klopp has questioned the reason behind the fact that nearly half of the Champions League final tickets against Real Madrid will not go to fans of the two clubs.
Klopp’s team faces the Spanish giant on May 28, and 19,618 tickets have been allocated to its fans.
This represents 26.1% of the capacity of 75,000 spectators in the Paris stadium, which will host the final match.
German coach Jurgen Klopp said: “Is it true that we only got 20,000 seats, they (Real Madrid) got 20,000 and there are 75,000 seats? There are 35,000 tickets left. Where are these tickets?”
Of the 35,000 remaining tickets, UEFA sells 12,000 tickets to fans around the world, but the window for those sales closed on April 28, days before Liverpool and Real Madrid fans learned their team was in the final.
The remaining 23,000 tickets will be distributed to national associations, commercial partners, broadcasters and UEFA’s official hospitality programme.
Hospitality tickets were available for purchase until Thursday, with prices on the UEFA website ranging from €4,900 to €8,900.
“Go without a ticket”
The 19,618 tickets for Liverpool range in price from £50.32 to £578.63. About 21% of their allotment, about 4,000 tickets, was priced at £410.91 or higher.
Liverpool supporters, who call themselves the Shankly Spirit League, said fans were tired of the “robbery”.
In an open letter to UEFA, they said: “In the face of the failed Premier League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin told the clubs: I cannot understand how you can see your fans protesting and you don’t care. You have a lot of money, you are not poor, But you want more and more.”
They added: “Well, Mr Ceferin, Liverpool fans are protesting and you don’t seem to care. UEFA is not poor, but you seem to want more.”
Liverpool officially advised fans not to travel without a ticket, but Klopp said Paris was “big enough” if fans did so.
The German has faced criticism in the past when he encouraged fans to travel to Basel to create a festive atmosphere for the Europa League final during his first season at the club.
“Tickets are really expensive and I couldn’t be more appreciative or thankful for what people are doing,” Klopp added.
“I hope they can all buy a memory of that in some way and can create, and of course they will, a great atmosphere.”
“If you don’t get a ticket, I don’t want to invite people to Paris, but this time it’s big enough and I did it the last time in Basel in Switzerland and it was fine,” Klopp said.
“But I think Paris is big enough to go there without a ticket and have a good time and behave with respect but in the best possible mood.”