It may be one of the glamour ties of the round but Real Madrid fans aren’t prepared to shell out to cheer on their team, with hundreds of tickets still available for tonight’s Champions League clash.
Pep Guardiola’s side travel to Madrid for their last-16 clash this evening, in what has become a staple fixture in the club season – with the European giants having met in each of the past four campaigns.
Perhaps it is that fixture fatigue that has left Madrid fans uninterested in attending the clash at the Bernabeu, with football finance expert Kieran Maguire revealing on Tuesday morning that hundreds of tickets remain available to buy from the club’s online ticket office.
Plus, at the price of more than £380 a ticket in some areas of the stadium, fans are seemingly not prepared to pay up to attend the big match.
‘Plenty of tickets available for Real Madrid v Manchester City tonight,’ Maguire said, adding with a tone of sarcasm. ‘No idea why.’
Hundreds of tickets for Man City’s clash with Real Madrid in Spain are still on sale
The prices for seats in the home end are as follows:
Upper tier:
- General public: €385 / £332.70
- Non-season ticket holder members: €270 / £233.32
Grandstand:
- General public: €445 / £384.55
- Non-season ticket holder members: €312 / £269.61
1st Ampitheatre:
- General public: €390 / £337.02
- Non-season ticket holder members €273 / £235.91
2nd Ampitheatre:
- General public: €310 / £267.89
- Non-season ticket holder members: €217 / £187.52
3rd Ampitheatre:
- General public: €225 / £194.43
- Non-season ticket holder members: €158 / £136.54
4th Ampitheatre:
- General public: €170 / £146.91
- Non-season ticket holder members: €119 / £102.83
Last year, Madrid’s iconic Bernabeu stadium completed its redevelopment works six years in the making, transforming the arena into one of the most impressive modern stadiums in the world.
At a cost of over €1bn, the renovated stadium aims to generate roughly €1m a day, with matchdays seen as a huge opportunity to build revenue to pay off three loans used to fund the project.
