Fans of Manchester United and Tottenham compared a £ 550 room to the dormitory of Squid Game when they find it difficult to find accommodation in the middle of an exorbitant price push before their final confrontation of the Europa League.
Bilbao expects 80,000 supporters to descend into the Spanish city with residents prepared for an invasion on a scale that they have never “faced” before, according to reports in Spain.
Fans will be forced to spend thousands of books or a sleeping face in the streets due to high reception costs.
Prices increased by 900% after confirmation of the tie in English, fans claiming their teams enter a place in the next season Champions League.
The cheapest apartment still available on Booking.com is an expensive £ 1,030 for a two -night stay, with the most expensive £ 13,520.
While a relatively small price option would involve staying at the Metropolitan Auberge in Bilbao, labeled the “squid game” accommodation by fans, for £ 551.
About 80,000 Man United and Spurs should go down to Bilbao on Wednesday
The Metropolitan Auberge of Bilbao charges £ 551 for two nights in a shared room of ten people
A United has struck expensive accommodation, describing conditions such as “Calmar game”
Another fan of Man United said they were going to sleep in their car because of the costs
“Sleeping in the Calmar game for 2k,” wrote a Man United fan on X, after seeing the cost of a three -night stay.
Even those who opt for a budget stay in a shared inn of 10 beds to the All Iron Hostel will have to overflow £ 226 for two nights.
A three -star hotel, the Ilunion Bilbao hotel, a 10 -minute walk from the San Mames stadium has no availability but assessed its cheapest room at £ 2444 per night.
Astronomical prices mean that some supporters will take to stay in cars or vans as they rush to the Basque city.
While others even plan to sleep rough in the streets, according to El Correo.
The bad news for the fans does not stop there and they were warned that they would face prices of beer from top to bottom having already been splashed on expensive travel costs.
Last Friday, Mailsport reported that 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.
When writing the editorial’s time, a return flight leaving London Gatwick on May 21 and the return on May 22 begins at £ 668, according to Skyscanner.
And local sellers should use the explosion of visitors and increase prices.
Local sellers should considerably increase prices to take advantage of the number of fans
Man United Fans will go to Bilbao to watch their team face the Spurs in the Europa League final
An apartment was listed for £ 13,250 before the Europa League final on Wednesday
However, the delegate of the organization of Basque consumers and users, Kepa Loizaga, criticized the practice that saw the prices of the ball “7, 8 and even 9 times”.
Loizaga urged bars and restaurants to “do not sell beer pints for 10 euros” as was the case during the European finals of the rugby cup in 2018.
In addition, he struck the “disproportionate and exorbitant” price policy led by many hoteliers in Bilbao and also issued a warning to the city of the image he projects to the world.
“We already know that almost all companies operate according to supply and demand, flights and housing,” he told Bilbao Outlet El Correo. “There are no limits on increases or decreases. Everyone sells their product as they wish.
He added: “What we transmit to the rest of the world is very negative.
Spurs fans should be more numerous than United Supporters with thousands of tickets traveling without a ticket.
Although the two clubs were allocated 15,000 to San Mamés, it is believed that the same number of fans of spurs will go to Bilbao, against around 2,000 United Subscribers in a similar position.
Although the Spurs have reached the Champions League final, their comparative lack of European success would be the source of the greatest number.
Tottenham hopes to qualify for the Champions League next season despite the 17th row
The Europa League final will be held at the San Mames stadium in Bilbao on Wednesday, May 21
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Before 2019, their last appearance in a European final occurred in 1984.
United reached the Europa League final in 2021 and won it in 2017.
Tottenham employees will be part of their itinerant crowd, after the Northern London club offered a free ticket to each full -time employee.
Although no luxury of this type was provided by United, which rather held a ballot with a small number of tickets available for their staff.
For the majority, they organize a projection in Manchester with the invitation open to the most.
Manager Ruben Amorim even ended up paying 30 of the staff of his rear coupters and their families to attend the final after missing free tickets.
The two Premier League teams reserved their places in the final after impressive victories against the sportsmen Bilbao and Bodo / Glimt respectively, and will seek to recover their seasons in San Mames after extremely disappointing league projections.