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GoCompare opera ad star Wynne Evans paid £7,000 for Champions League final tickets and never got them

Lifelong Spurs fan Wynne Evans has revealed how he paid more than £7,000 for two tickets for tonight's Champions League final that never showed up.

The radio presenter from Carmarthen who became famous in his role as the GoCompare man, took to Twitter to express his disappointment.

He wrote: "Bought two tickets...for the champions league final for @SpursOfficial in Madrid....after I’ve booked expensive @easyJet flights and hotel...they casually email this morning to say they cant supply tix."

Mr Evans opted to pay and get a second set of tickets for his son Taliesin and himself.

Speaking to the BBC he said : "My 14-year-old son was distraught and heaven knows how many other fans they've mugged off," he said.

Mr Evans, here seen as GoCompare star Gio Compario, said he was gutted (Western Mail and Echo Ltd.)
Mr Evans is a die hard Tottenham fan (PA)

The 47-year-old radio presenter added: "After I paid up, the agency emailed me to say they were not able to fulfil my order.

"It looks like they sold the tickets to me then resold them when they realised they could get a lot more for them.

I was gutted but it hasn't put me off going - there's no way I would miss this match.

"I've been a Spurs fan since I was seven so it is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see my team in the Champions League final."

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