Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp questions Champions League final ticket allocation after fan group slams UEFA

By Jack Bantock, CNN

Updated 1400 GMT (2200 HKT) May 7, 2022

Jurgen Klopp looks on during the UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg between Villarreal and Liverpool at Estadio de la Ceramica on May 3, 2022.

(CNN)Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has questioned UEFA's allocation for tickets to the Champions League final in Paris later this month, admitting he understands the protests of some fans at the accessibility and cost of tickets.

On May 28, the 75,000 capacity Stade de France will play host to club football's showpiece event between Liverpool and Real Madrid, with UEFA stating that each team would receive 20,000 tickets to be sold to their fans.The remaining allocation will be filled by 12,000 general admission sales — allocated via a lottery — with the other 23,000 reserved for UEFA, national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, as well as hospitality seating.The application window for general admission tickets closed on April 28, almost a week before Liverpool and Madrid had played their deciding semi-final second legs. With just over half of the stadium set to be filled by club-sold tickets, Klopp questioned where the remaining tickets were going. Read More«Is it right that we only get 20,000, they get 20,000, and there's 75,000 in? That makes 35,000 left over. Where are these tickets?» said Klopp, speaking to reporters on Friday.«It's about money, that's how it is. UEFA is not the saints of football, they never were. What they have is a fantastic product with the Champions League… and if you would have asked me, we never have to change that.»But obviously now they lost here a little bit of money and there a little money and the easy way to get it back is increase the ticket prices. That's how