The amazing cost for fans of Manchester United and Tottenham to attend the Europa League final in Bilbao has been revealed.
The Red Devils have reserved their place in the decisive tournament round for the second time this decade, after depriving Bilbao athletic of an invitation to their own party by defeating them 7-1 on two legs.
Meanwhile, the Spurs defeated Bodo / Glimt 5-1 on the aggregates and went to the north of Spain in search of their first European trophy since they won the UEFA Cup in 1984.
Their latest trip to the stage of a European competition was also an entirely English affair, when Liverpool beat them 2-0 in the 2019 Champions League final.
The final of the Europa League of this year will be held on May 21 at Estadio San Mames, each finalist should receive 15,000 tickets out of the 49,600 available.
As part of the UEFA “Fans” program, these tickets are the most affordable, with prices starting at € 40 (£ 34).
The 19,6000 tickets allocated to the public range from 65 to 240 € (55 to £ 204), while hospital plans vary from 1290 to 1490 € (£ 1,096 to £ 1,266) per person.
Man United and Spurs fans may have to pay thousands to go to the Europa League final
The Red Devils have swept away athletic bilbao to make their second European final since 2021
Tottenham beat Bodo / Glimt in the semi-finals while they have been looking for their first trophy since 2008
Friday at 8 a.m., the cheapest flight to get from London to Bilbao on May 21 would make Spurs fans were going to £ 355 for a single -way ticket, according to Skyscanner.
To return from Bilbao to the English capital the next day, the cheapest flight costs £ 175, leaving at 7:40 am with a stop in the Canary Islands along the way.
For the luxury of a direct afternoon flight, fans can expect to pay more than £ 500, with less than a dozen of these tickets still available online.
Meanwhile, United Fans should cough even more. From Manchester to Bilbao, the cheapest plane ticket of May 21 (which arrives two hours or more before kick -off) costs £ 524, with a stop in Munich, Germany on the way.
To come back from Bilbao, the cheapest flight of May 22 costs £ 446, leaving around midday with a stop in Lisbon on the way. Direct return flights to Manchester are currently going to £ 941 at the lowest.
The clever opportunists who seek to obtain a cheaper agreement by flying the day before the game are welcomed, because it would cost even more than flying the day – for Manchester and London.
An option more suited to prices would be to travel by coach; A trip to the London Victoria coach station in Bilbao would take around 26 hours and cost around £ 108 in one direction, leaving at 12:30 p.m. the day before the match, according to Trainline.com.
In the current state of things, there are no training tickets available directly from Manchester to Bilbao, which means that United Fans should make the trip to London if they had opted for this mode of transport.
This year’s Europa League final will be held at Estadio San Mames in Bilbao, northern Spain,
United Fans will have to pay around £ 1000 for the cheapest return flights available for Bilbao
Spurs fans are faced at a cost less than £ 600 at the lowest – but this could go up in thousands if they have chosen to fly directly
The cheapest mode of transport would be from London coach to Bilbao (£ 108 in one direction)
There are no Manchester coaches in Bilbao, which means that United Fans should first go to London
Anyone who seeks to make his own bilbao means by driving would always be confronted with hundreds of travel costs.
The trip to the chain tunnel will cost just under £ 200, with gasoline and a potential stay of the night hotel, adding the total expenses.
During a last appeal, there are ferries with direct return from Portsmouth to Bilbao, which last about 34 hours and cost almost £ 900 in a car or just under £ 400 on foot. Travels left the port on Sunday May 18, arriving in Bilbao on Tuesday, May 20.
The return ferry leaves Bilbao on Saturday May 24, which means that fans should have a good vacation on their trip. Taking into account hotel costs and subsistence costs for four nights, it may not be the most financially informed choice.
The hotel prices in the city center manage between £ 850 and £ 13,345.
However, fans could choose to stay in neighboring cities such as Bakio, Bermeo and Mundaka, which are all trips 30 to 40 minutes from Bilbao, where there are cheaper alternatives available.
