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Chelsea fans who missed tickets to the Champions League final after being told they were sold out at the box office were enraged after it was revealed that more than 800 unsold tickets were returned.
A large number of Chelsea fans have been desperately trying to purchase tickets for Saturday’s final against Manchester City in Porto, but were informed by the club that they had exhausted their allowance.
However, the club now faces backlash from angry fans after they returned nearly 900 of the 3,000 tickets they had withheld as part of their rental package.
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Previous emails show a fan being told by the Chelsea box office earlier this week that they had sold out for the Champions League final despite the club returning more than 800 today.
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A large number of Chelsea fans missed tickets and the fiasco left them furious
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Chelsea were offering fans official day trips, worth £ 200 per person plus the cost of a match ticket, on club-sponsored flights.
The package reportedly turned out to be unpopular with fans with nearly a third of the tickets booked so that it would not be sold and then returned.
However, it has quickly become a public relations disaster for Chelsea as it emerged that fans had their requests for day trips turned down and told that there were no tickets available even though hundreds have now been returned.
Tickets to the general sale had been sold out, but there were more than 800 linked to the package that did not sell.
Mail online Chelsea has been contacted for comment.
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Chelsea’s official website also said tickets for Saturday’s final were sold out.
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But the club returned 800 unsold Champions League final tickets linked to the £ 200 day trips.
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Unlike Manchester City, which has paid for fan travel and Covid testing, Chelsea did not offer to cover the costs of fan testing and only subsidized part of the fan travel to the final.
Fans were understood to have been put off by the package for a variety of reasons, including ticket prices, Covid, and being restricted to less than 24 hours in Porto.
Chelsea Supporter Trust board member Dan Silver blamed UEFA’s insistence on offering a rental package for the ticket fiasco before it came to light that several fans had tried to buy them just to be told. that had been exhausted.
He said: ‘UEFA’s lack of care for the fans has come to the fore again.
“They became our friends in the European Super League but now they have turned their back on us.
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