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Manchester United fans have accused the club of giving fans a "kick in the teeth" after announcing matchday ticket prices could reach £97.

The most expensive matchday tickets at Old Trafford last season were £66. There are four categories, with the lowest reserved exclusively for "some" cup games.

It means the lowest priced ticket for a Premier League game is £37, for the two category C matches against Sunderland and Wolves. That figure rises to £97 for the highest priced tickets in category A, which involves games against Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle and Tottenham.

Club officials argue the £97 applies to less than 1% of the available tickets.

"When the club said they were introducing this new model, we urged them to keep the majority of matches at current levels and only apply the highest price category for a small number of the biggest games and reduce prices for lower demand games.

"Once again, they have failed to consult any of the fans' representative bodies on the details of the decision and once again they're making choices against the interests of fans and, we believe, the club as a whole.

And in a wide-ranging interview with United We Stand published on Wednesday, United chief executive Omar Berrada said the rollout of the £66 decision, which was subsequently reversed, was "not good".

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[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh for sure, and for a Villa fan its conflicting as I know the club needs more money to push on from the fantastic strides we made from where we were, but I wish it wasn't the case. If I was a United fan I would be furious as the club has wasted so much money on shit and the Glazers have just plain stolen even more.

PSR doesn't just fuck the clubs who are trying to move up it also fucks the fans as you have to increase revenue to compete. I would much rather we replaced PSR with budget caps and fixed price home game tickets as we have had with away game prices.