A NEWCASTLE fan has revealed he was offered £8,000 to give up his season tickets.
The Toon diehard is enjoying a season to remember after Eddie Howe’s side qualified for the Champions League for the first time in 20 years.
Now seats at St James’ Park are like gold dust with an ever growing waiting list for season tickets.
And two fans who gave up their tickets went to extraordinary lengths to get them back by offering a fellow supporter £8,000 for two tickets.
The man in question, Dale, told talkSPORT he received a note begging him to sell up.
Dale said: “I sit with my girlfriend at the matches and the people who originally sat there, their friends sit alongside us.
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“I got handed a note, they offered us £8,000 to buy the tickets off us to have their seat back. That’s how desperate people are to get back there.
“I had to turn it down because it was only £8000 for the pair, if it was £8,000 each I might have considered.
“There’s not a chance in the world I’d give them up.”
Champions League football increases Newcastle’s appeal and the Magpies are reportedly ready to rival huge clubs in the fight for Europe’s biggest stars.
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It is believed the club will target marquee signings like Neymar and Harry Kane.
Other eye-catching names include Leicester’s James Maddison, who Newcastle have tried to buy before.
While Liverpool target Ryan Gravenberch and Arsenal-linked winger Moussa Diaby could also join.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
