Liverpool have demanded an apology from the French interior minister for blaming counterfeit ticket sales on an “industrial scale” for the chaos at the Champions League final on Saturday and are reviewing legal options open to fans affected by the authorities’ woeful organisation.
Billy Hogan, the Liverpool chief executive, has described Gérald Darmanin’s claim that 30,000 to 40,000 Liverpool fans turned up at Stade de France either without tickets or with counterfeits as irresponsible, inflammatory and an attempt to shift blame. Tom Werner, the Liverpool chairman, has written to Darmanin demanding an apology. Werner’s letter states: “Your comments were irresponsible, unprofessional, and wholly disrespectful to the thousands of fans harmed physically and emotionally.”
