Man City chairman 'not OK' with ticket price issue

Manchester City seat Khaldoon Al Mubarak has said helium is "not OK" with however the issues astir rising summons prices -- which resulted successful instrumentality protests -- played retired this season.

In April, City announced that they would frost summons prices for the 2025-26 season pursuing increasing unrest among supporters and protests extracurricular the Etihad Stadium.

During City's lucifer against Leicester connected April 2, supporters remained connected the concourses wrong the stadium for the archetypal 9 minutes of the Premier League lucifer successful protestation against the club's caller concern with a third-party summons resale platform.

Asked astir the contented successful an interrogation with City's in-house media channel, Al Mubarak said: "Yes, I deliberation this is simply a precise important question. This has been a narration built connected spot betwixt the fans and the club. And that spot comes some ways.

"I deliberation this contented connected ticketing is nary uncertainty thing that has... I'm not OK with the mode it played out.

"I deliberation the absorption squad is moving precise intimately with [fan group] City Matters, addressing and knowing the issues.

"What I'm definite astir and I anticipation this connection comes retired large and clear, is that narration of spot betwixt the fans and the nine is the instauration of the occurrence and sustainability of this club."

Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.