Price hikes spell misery for fans at Champions League final

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A Liverpool fan reacts as he poses beside the UEFA Champions League Cup on display at the fan zone in Kiev on May 24, 2018, ahead of the football match between Real Madrid and Liverpool FC next May 26 at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium. / AFP PHOTO / Sergei SUPINSKY

Liverpool have complained to the “highest levels” of European football governing body UEFA as spiralling accommodation and travel costs threaten to turn the Champions League final against Real Madrid into a nightmare for fans.

Thousands of supporters from England and Spain will converge on Kiev for Saturday’s showpiece between two of the giants of European football.

But while excitement levels are mounting, fans are being forced to pay extortionate prices after hotels in the Ukrainian capital began charging up to 100 times their…



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