​Man City supporters plan protest at Champions League ticket prices

Published on: 22 March 2016

A group of Manchester City supporters are considering a mass walkout in protest at the club's decision to raise ticket prices in this season's Champions League, reports Sky Sports.

Tickets for City's quarter-final tie at home to Paris Saint-Germain are set to cost fans between £45 and £60. Comparatively, the most expensive ticket at last week's last 16 tie against Dynamo Kiev was £40.

A City supporters group, known as The 1894 Group, says the club is failing to listen to its own fans' concerns regarding prices.

"We have had a huge amount of correspondence from City supporters who feel the pricing policy for the PSG game has gone over a line," a statement released on Monday read.

"We have been asked to organise walkouts and to try and reverse the club's decisions on ticket prices. The club have not shown any consistency on pricing for this competition which has resulted in thousands of empty seats for games.

"The prices were too high for too long. Our view is that even if the club signed Messi, Pogba and Neymar but the prices were too high, fans just would not go.

"The club didn't listen to this advice on prices and of course attendances in the Champions League slumped to the point where the club sent out thousands of free tickets - a buy one, get one free offer - for the CSKA Moscow home game in November 2014.

"Nothing devalued the competition more than giving away free tickets.

"It's likely that a lot of fans will wait and see what happens in the first leg (in Paris) before purchasing a ticket for the return - then there's a concern of higher prices in the event of us reaching a semi-final.

"We feel the club need to really listen to the fans now on ticket prices."

Source: tribalfootball.com

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