By Jordan Seward For Mailonline
Published: 22:30 BST, 22 May 2019 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 22 May 2019
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UEFA are facing the embarrassing prospect of next week's Europa League final between Arsenal and Chelsea being played in front of a sparse crowd at the Olympic Stadium in Baku.
A number of sponsors are this week set to return a substantial proportion of the 2,000 tickets they were given by the European governing body.
According to The Times, the companies will follow the lead of both Arsenal and Chelsea by handing back tickets after citing the difficulty and cost of travelling to the Azerbaijan capital as their prime reason.
The Europa League final could take place next week in front of thousands of empty seats
The two Premier League clubs also have plans to send
