The number of Liverpool fans intending to sue UEFA for the chaos at last year’s Champions League final in Paris has risen to more than 4,000 — with compensation claims set to exceed £20 million.
Last week UEFA announced full refunds of all 19,618 tickets allocated to Liverpool supporters at the match, costing the governing body between £3m and £3.5m.
Four legal firms are collectively acting for the Reds fans, claiming from £1,000 in damages for being crushed and tear-gassed outside the stadium to £30,000 for suffering ‘serious psychological damage’.
An independent review found UEFA had ‘primary responsibility’ for failings that ‘almost led to a disaster’ at the Stade de France.
Daniel Taylor, 23, from Hertfordshire, went to the final with his 60-year-old father, who was also at the 1989 Hillsborough tragedy.
‘My dad used his Hillsborough experience to help calm fans around us,’ he said. ‘He told us that whatever happened, don’t hit the floor.
‘But even while we were being penned in and pepper-sprayed, local youths were still trying to rob our phones and wallets.
‘I even saw old people and women being attacked.’