sport news Ticketless Arsenal fans face paying £6,000 for last-minute seats to watch ... trends now

As hundreds of Arsenal fans pour in to Germany the price for a last minute ticket to see their Champions League tie against Bayern Munich has reached a hefty £6,000, MailOnline can reveal.

Such is the demand for seats for the highly anticipated quarter final second leg match secondary sites are charging thousands for a seat.

One site was offering a ticket for Wednesday night’s match at the Allianz Arena in Munich for an eye watering £4,000.

A booking fee of £1,500 was on top of the price meaning a fan must shell out the average cost of three season tickets at a Premier League club for a one off match.

Popular secondary sites such as Stubhub and Viagogo are selling tickets with a face value of £150 for more than £1,000.

Local fans in Munich have been able to buy a standing only ticket for £18 with most seats in the arena – where the Euro 24 final will be played in the summer – costing an average of £70 each.

Hundreds of ticketless Arsenal fans arriving in the city are driving the high prices as they attempt to see their team’s first Champions League quarter final in 14 years.

While secondary ticket sites are known to charge a premium airlines are also cashing in on fans.

Flights back to the UK the day after the match have skyrocketed.

Budget airline EasyJet are charging £800 for a one-way seat back to London Gatwick- the same price as a economy return to New York.

Other airlines have also jacked up their prices with a flight to Heathrow on British Airways selling for £681.

Arsenal have sold out their full allocation of 3,779 tickets – a fraction of the stadium which has a capacity of 75,000.

Due to fears of violence among fans the German club have said any fans wearing the Arsenal team colours or scarf will not be admitted to the ground unless they have a confirmed ticket for the away end.

Police and stewards will be on duty at turnstiles used by the vast majority of Bayern fans.