The four Spanish clubs involved in the revamped Super Cup tournament in Saudi Arabia have sold less than NINE per cent of available tickets, it has been revealed.
Paltry ticket sales are threatening to derail the tournament, which is taking place in the Middle East this week for the first time ever.
A report in El Mundo on Monday has revealed that Valencia have sold just 26 tickets to their fans for their semi-final clash with Real Madrid, while only 50 tickets have been sold to Atletico Madrid fans for their match with Barcelona.
Spain's big two have fared slightly better with Real Madrid getting rid of 700 tickets, while Barcelona have sold 300.
Overall, that amounts to less than nine per cent of tickets being sold, with fans proving unwilling to shell out for a trip that is likely to cost around £1000.
Flights to Saudi Arabia are currently on sale for around £500 return, and with accommodation, tickets and spending money added on, the trip would be approaching four figures.
Atletico Madrid have already revealed that they will be paying for their 50 fans' match tickets, while also promising them free tickets to the final should they down Barcelona and make it that far.
Diego Simeone's team face their La Liga rivals in Jeddah on January 9, 24 hours after Real Madrid take on Valencia.
The final will then take place on January 12, also at the 62,000-capacity King Abdullah Sports City stadium
Temiball
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Final: Atletico Madrid vs Valencia
Nassear
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I want another clasico
Tauabeitu
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Real Madrid wil win the trophie
yuebden
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business
With only 9% of tickets sold it doesn’t seem like a good business lol
Merzamyself100
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A Spanish tournament in Saudi Arabia. What logic that is
business
PIRATEMgr7
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Don't know what the Spanish FA was thinking before sending the tournament that far.
money money 🙄 its all about money [Crylaugh][Crylaugh]i mean oil money of Saudi
PIRATEMgr7
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This final or quarter final ?
semifinal bro ATM vs Barcelona Valencia vs realmadrid
UnicornWizard
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A Spanish tournament in Saudi Arabia. What logic that is
DiPanKur_Cr7
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great initiative by atheletico they really care about their supporters
Cudbkprsuz
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Barca and Madrid going to final
Cudbkprsuz
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This final or quarter final ?
16973796(deleted)
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Don't know what the Spanish FA was thinking before sending the tournament that far.
Especially with Iran 🇮🇷 going out of pocket
Hasan1299
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The location is awful for such a tournament
Terry950
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Don't know what the Spanish FA was thinking before sending the tournament that far.
Arpanrai12345
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good luck barca🇦🇷🇳🇵✊✊✊
ray999
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Going that far from Spain is outrageous for fans. The board only cares about their pockets to get swell up.
Menblortz
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People don't want to pay £1000 just to see Messi bullying others
Ameerul24
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like seriously.. saudi arabia? thats soo far for spainish fans
Gabby_Smith
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Messi is available for LA LIGA and can use him as medium for this. La Liga should just compensate Messi and make him post the tournament and tickets to be purchase on his social media platforms boooom all tickets would be sold within a seconds but la Liga are naive and ignorant
Sirhan
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didn't they think about that when they organised the games so far where it's expensive
Gabby_Smith
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lord valverde effect