Arsenal employees are reportedly upset that the club offered them £859 to travel to the Champions League final.
Arsenal will play holders PSG on May 30, marking the Gunners’ second appearance in the European club competition final.
According to the Telegraph one non-transferable ticket has been granted to Arsenal staff who are not working at the final.
The club told staff after offering £859 chartered trip packages that ‘space permitting, colleagues attending the final can elect to purchase a seat on these flights.’
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The expense of the package, which would see a flight depart Luton on the morning of the final and return in time for a possible trophy parade on May 31, reportedly left several Arsenal staff “dismayed.”
While some employees would be obliged to work at the event, personnel who want to organise their own movement could skip a parade.
According to reports, about one-third of the employees took the ticket; the remaining employees, who are not working during the final, received free tickets to see the final at the Emirates.
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In contrast, PSG, Arsenal’s opponents, offered to pay for all employees to attend the final at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.
The French giants repeated the guarantee offered to their employees after last year’s final in Munich, where PSG defeated Inter Milan 5-0.
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