ENGLAND fans will have to fork out a MINIMUM of £526 to watch all of the Three Lions’ group games at the World Cup.
Fifa have still to release the full ticketing price list for the 104-match event.
But the Croatian FA have now published the ticket prices for their games in Group L.
Including the opener against England on June 17.
With no “Category 4” low price tickets seemingly available for the game at the AT&T Stadium home of the Dallas Cowboys, the cost of the cheapest “value tier” seats is $265, currently an eye-popping £198.
And the asking price rises hugely for the other two categories available, with the “standard” tier seats at £374 and the top-priced “premium tier” tickets at £523.
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Sun Sport understands that the prices for England’s next two group games, against Ghana in the Gillette Stadium outside Boston and Panama at the MetLife Stadium near New York, are slightly less.
Bottom price seats for those matches will be available for $220, which is just over £164.
But that takes the total for just the three group games to £526 – more than the cost of a SEASON ticket at 21 of the 24 Championship clubs.
Each team will have an official allocation of eight per cent of the stadium capacity for all their games, although the spoils of the tickets per category is so far unclear.
All the tickets available through the official allocation, with members of the England Travel Supporters Club having priority – will be at the official cost price.
But with Fifa operating an Oasis-style “dynamic pricing” model for the “neutral” tickets, the thousands of England fans who had been considering travelling to the USA face paying prices going through the roof if they want to support Thomas Tuchel’s men.
The full cost to England fans for a run through to the end of the tournament is expected to be confirmed this afternoon.
But the Croatian price list will see a fan attending all eight games through to the final splashing out a minimum £5,183 for the category three seats, with top price tickets for all games adding up to £12,226.
It is expected that the price per match for any England games will be higher.
Tuchel said of his troops’ draw for the tournament: [It’s a] difficult group, difficult opener.
“Difficult group with Croatia and Ghana, two regulars in World Cups and two proud and strong nations.
“Panama, I don’t know much about Panama at the moment but we will find out about it before the tournament starts, of course.
“For me, I’m only experienced group football in Champions League formats.
“And the way to approach it was to always give it the biggest respect and to put all the focus into winning the group.
“It always seems difficult like our group now.
“But we are confident and we will be well prepared when we arrive.”
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