Arsenal ticket prices: Bayern Munich fans call for boycott of Emirates Champions League tie over £64 price

The fans' group described the ticket prices as 'madness'

A banner in protest at ticket prices at the Emirates before Arsenal vs Liverpool in April

A Bayern Munich supporters' group has threatened to boycott the first five minutes of their Champions League match aganist Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium next week in protest over the £64 ticket price.

The Bundesliga side clam that the cheapest ticket available is £64, which will rise to €100 (£74) with fees and postage for the travelling fans.

The statement said: “This kind of a price structure makes a stadium visit impossible for younger and socially disadvantaged fans. It destroys fan culture, which is the basis of football. In England, this development has already taken place.

“We want to protest at the price structure and at the same time changes in the stadia. We want to remind clubs and associations of their social responsibility and warn them of the effects, which we will all feel, both as fans and club officials. We express our support for campaigns like ‘20’s Plenty’ from England and ‘Kein Zwanni’ [No €20] in Germany. Especially the developments in English football should be a sobering example.”

The statement adds: “The first five minutes of the game in London will be, what future football will look like if this madness continues. Empty seats in the stands and no singing or emotion in the stands. In the following 85 minutes we want to show the alternative and show how fundamentally important a lively fan-culture is for football.”

To put the price in perspectve, the cheapest Bayern season ticket costs £104.