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FINAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

500 euro: average UCL final asking price on resale market

Amid rumours that Real Madrid have returned over 1,000 final tickets to UEFA, second market sellers are charging approximately 500 euro per ticket.

This picture taken on May 22, 2018 in Paris, shows the logos on jerseys of Real Madrid and Liverpool FC.
 Real Madrid CF and Liverpool FC will play the UEFA Champions League final football match in Kiev on May 26, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE
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Any fans wishing to make a last minute dash to the UEFA Champions League final in Kiev will get little change from 600 euro with the current average asking price on second market websites for a ticket to the final costing approximately 500 euro.

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Complaints have been far and wide from both supporters of Liverpool and Real Madrid voicing their concern with the complexity of reaching the Ukrainian capital coupled with the inflated accommodation prices in the city. Last week it was confirmed that over 2,000 Real Madrid season ticket holders who were allocated match tickets were forced to pass on the offer citing logistical problems in getting to Kiev.

Women on stilts walk at the fan zone in Kiev on May 24, 2018, ahead of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Cup final football match between Real Madrid and Liverpool FC next May 26 at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium.
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Women on stilts walk at the fan zone in Kiev on May 24, 2018, ahead of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Cup final football match between Real Madrid and Liverpool FC next May 26 at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium.SERGEI SUPINSKYAFP

Today BBC's Simon Stone reports that UEFA have confirmed that 1,000 tickets from the Real Madrid allocation have been returned unsold with the possibility of gaps in the 70,000 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex.