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Manchester City have announced the ticket pricing for their four Champions League games in the first phase
Manchester City have reduced ticket prices in the Champions League as they try and make football more affordable for their fans.
A seat for the first game of the new campaign, against Kevin De Bruyne's Napoli, will cost between £35 and £55 for adults with under-18s able to attend for £15.
That pricing reflects the game being deemed a Category B fixture in the calendar - equivalent to watching City play Everton in the Premier League.
While there is expected to be significant interest in the game with it being De Bruyne's return to the Etihad after a wonderful ten years at the club, as well as a visit from the Serie A champions, the club did not want to charge as much as they could have done as part of their desire to bring prices down.
The equivalent fixture last season, the visit of Inter Milan, saw prices range from £37.50 to £77.50 for adults. There were complaints from supporters last year that the Champions League was made automatically more expensive because there was one extra home game added into the competition.
Dortmund's visit will be priced the same as Napoli, while the games against Leverkusen and Galatasaray will be priced between £25 and £45 for a ticket with £10 tickets for Under-18s. That is cheaper than the cheapest category of Premier League games this season.
City have also taken action to try to prevent any tickets being bought by away supporters. Part of the conditions for attending any of the four games will be that supporters must have had a matchday membership before the Champions League draw was made and have attended at least one game.
The club hope that measure will reduce the safety risks posed when away supporters are able to purchase tickets in the home end.
Blues were incensed last year at the sight of Real Madrid fans in their areas for the Champions League play-off, while in 2023 Manchester United were forced to apologise and admit that 2,000 Galatasaray had been sat in the home end for their Champions League game that had caused safety issues inside the stadium.
City will have returning players to welcome in three of their four Champions League fixtures. Claudio Echeverri is currently on loan at Leverkusen, De Bruyne has moved to Napoli and Ilkay Gundogan will reunite with Leroy Sane at Galatasaray.
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