Does football’s greed know no boundaries?
Not content with the billions of pounds of domestic and overseas TV revenue flooding into the game – numbers that appear set to be dwarfed in the not too distant future when the likes of Amazon and Facebook are expected to challenge the current duopoly enjoyed by Sky and BT – Premier League clubs continue to seek new ways to chisel cash out of fans already, in many cases, paying huge sums of money for tickets.
Already Manchester City have introduced ‘Tunnel Club’, where for between £7,500-£15,000 per season well-heeled supporters can be wined and dined at the same time as gazing through a one-way mirror as the players enter and leave the pitch.