Liverpool Manager Jürgen Klopp Tells Ticketless Liverpool Fans To Avoid Basel Trip

Liverpool Manager Jürgen Klopp "backtracked on his call for Liverpool fans without tickets to head to Basel for the Europa League final against Sevilla on May 18, and said he regretted making the statement," according to Simon Jennings of REUTERS. Liverpool has been allocated around 10,000 tickets for the final in Switzerland but Klopp "urged fans to turn up anyway, prompting Europe's governing body UEFA to warn supporters without tickets to stay away from the stadium." Klopp said that "he had made a mistake." He said, "Last time I spoke about Basel, I spoke like a supporter and I invited all Liverpool fans to Basel. That was not too smart, to be honest. Basel is a nice city but it is not ready for us and it was my mistake. Please only people with tickets go there because everything else will be chaos and we don't want this. It is really, really, really necessary that you now listen. Most of the time you can ignore what I say, but now it is important" (REUTERS, 5/9).