Manchester United have hit back at Barcelona’s “excessive ticket prices” for their Champions League quarter-final clash at Camp Nou.
Man Utd supporters were outraged by the news they will be charged £102 for the second leg in Catalonia next month.
In response Old Trafford’s hierarchy have vowed to subsidise those costs by upping their own prices for visiting fans for the first leg.
United have been allocated 4,610 tickets for the much-anticipated match.
But similarly to recent ties with Sevilla and Valencia, the club believe they have been subjected to unreasonable price hikes.
United increased their prices for away fans on those occasions in order to subsidise their own supporters.
In a letter to fans they said: “In this instance we believe that our travelling supporters are again being subjected to increased/excessive ticket prices from the host club.
“We have again taken the difficult decision to charge FC Barcelona fans for the home leg at Old Trafford the same amount that FC Barcelona are charging for the away fixture (£102).
“We will use the additional revenue gained from this to subsidise our travelling support by paying the £27 price difference for each of our travelling supporters.”
