Club captains say the gesture is to compensate for “a difficult evening”
Manchester City players have announced that they will refund fans for the cost of tickets bought to watch humiliation against Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday.
City travelled to Norway but were thrashed 3-1 by the Norwegian side. The team captains Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Erling Haaland and Rodri released a statement saying it was “the least we can do” to compensate supporters for what was a painful night. There were 374 City fans who travelled to Bodo to watch the team play. The bill amounts to just under £10,000.
“Our supporters mean everything to us,” the statement read. “We know the sacrifice that our fans make when they travel across the world to support us home and away and we will never take it for granted. They are the best fans in the world.
“We also recognise that it was a lot of travelling for the fans who supported us in the freezing cold throughout a difficult evening for us on the pitch. Covering the cost of these tickets for the fans who travelled to Bodo is the least we can do.
“We’re ready to fight on Saturday for our game against Wolves and then again next Wednesday when we face Galatasaray in front of our amazing fans at the Etihad.”
