gersandy 594 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness today accused Premier League clubs of 'milking their fans like cows' in charging high prices for season tickets.Explaining his decision to keep season tickets at Bayern lower than their counterparts across Europe, Hoeness said: "We could charge more than 130 (£104). Let's say we charged 380 (£300). We'd get 2.5m (£2m) more in income, but what's 2.5m to us?""In a transfer discussion you argue about the sum for five minutes. But the difference between 130 and 380 is huge for the fans.""We do not think fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has got to be for everybody.""That's the biggest difference between us and England."Arsenal's cheapest season ticket for the upcoming season costs £985 (with the most expensive ticket costing a whopping £1,955), while Liverpool's cost £710, and Chelsea's is £595.Jack Sullivan, son of West Ham co-owner David Sullivan, has hinted that the club plan to offer significantly cheaper season tickets once the club move into the Olympic Stadium in time for the 2016-17 Premier League season.Retweeting Hoeness' comments, Sullivan said: "That's the hope at the OS [Olympic Stadium] give family's affordable football. Cheap ST [season tickets]." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyinroyalblue 16,478 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 TV money should have been used in England and Scotland to subsidise gate prices unfortunately it's went straight to millionaire footballers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancedeangers1 287 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yep, a hundred grand a week isn't enough for more and more footballers now.The greed being manufactured by the EPL is sickening and fans are treated like garbage at every turn. Ticket prices are a scandal and buying merchandise / kits etc is ridiculous. I was paying around 75 quid for a seven year olds football kit? And now sky are increasing their costs again by £3.00 or so? Surprise surprise, all to pay greedy bastard average footballers and managers thousands more per week. I hope the arse falls out of the EPL some day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ger77 742 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Sadly it takes a former prisoner like Hoeness to show scottish chairman proper sporting integrity. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 16,990 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Out of interest, how do players wages in the Bundesliga compare to the Premiership? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,662 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 its alright for a club that shares its fucking stadium, if english clubs could halve their stadium running costs they may reduce ticket prices, if not then have a go at themi bet the emirates stadium cost a fuck ton more to build than bayerns did Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 When you look at Scottish prices for season tickets it makes the English prices seem cheap considering the difference in football on show. Really though i think both Rangers and Celtic will need to go Bundesliga prices if we want full stadiums again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 1,150 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Standing sections play a part in that as well.Bayern charge less for standing sections and fit 1.5 x as many supporters into those sections safely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,531 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 This is from like 2 years ago. Hoeness isn't President anymore.But yeah what he said is true, however that only applies to teams that can bring in the same kind of revenue as Bayern do from merchandise and sponsorships. That does apply to teams like Arsenal, Chelsea etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,531 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Out of interest, how do players wages in the Bundesliga compare to the Premiership?Top Bayern players (Robben, Gotze, Schweinsteiger, Lewandowski, Ribery) will be on about 9-11m euros a year. About £150k a week at most. No other clubs will compete with that. Dortmund won't have anyone over 5/6m euros a year, Wolfsburg probably paid similar/bit less to Gustavo and Schurrle. Huntelaar may be on similar for Schalke. Everyone else will be on less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I do agree with, however it is easier to reduce prices if you are the richest club in the league by a mileHow many ST do they have? 40,000 fans getting charged £200 less is £8 million, not 2.5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 72,220 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Let us aw drink bevvy then we can reduce the prices.Must make a mint from the old beer sales do those nazi bastarts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 That's a really old bit of news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBluenose1972 1,405 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Let us aw drink bevvy then we can reduce the prices.Must make a mint from the old beer sales do those nazi bastarts.Harsh Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gersandy 594 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 When you look at Scottish prices for season tickets it makes the English prices seem cheap considering the difference in football on show. Really though i think both Rangers and Celtic will need to go Bundesliga prices if we want full stadiums again.Scottish prices are a joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I don't know how the fans in England can afford it ... certainly a lot of the traditional fans must have been priced out Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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