Report: Spurs questioned UEFA ticket price cap but didn’t vote against it
Despite Tottenham refuting reports that they had voted against the ticket price cap set by UEFA for away games, The Athletic now claim that Spurs did at least express their opposition to the move.
What are the UEFA ticket price caps?
UEFA have introduced a new rule in an effort to make ticket prices across the continent more affordable for supporters.
According to the new ruling from European football’s governing body, travelling fans now will not have to pay more than £50 for a single ticket to a Champions League game, £33 for a Europa League game, and £16 for a Conference League game (The Daily Express).
The Telegraph’s Matt Law reported last week that Tottenham were one of at least three clubs who objected to UEFA’s decision to cap the prices for travelling fans.
However, Spurs refuted this notion, telling, Football Insider that the matter did not go to a vote at all.
The club’s statement read: “It is factually incorrect to state that there was a vote on this matter at the UEFA Club Competitions Committee. It is therefore entirely inaccurate to say that the Club voted against ticket price caps.”
Spurs did not vote against ticket price caps
The Athletic have now suggested that Tottenham’s rebuttal is merely semantic and it is true that they did not want the new rule to come into place.
The publication explains that while Spurs were right in saying that clubs never got to vote on the matter, the North London club did voice their opposition to the move.
However, it is explained that the Lilywhites were not alone in this, being one of many clubs across the continent to be resistant to this kind of change.
Spurs Web Opinion
I do not think anyone would be surprised to hear that Tottenham and Levy would have opposed the move to cap ticket prices for away fans.
But in fairness to Spurs, I would not be surprised if almost all the big clubs in Europe were against such a move, with the Lilywhites perhaps feeling that it was unfair that The Telegraph singled them out for criticism in the report.
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