Chelsea fans caught in Tottenham end will be ejected from Wembley

Wembley opener: Tottenham's first Premier League game at the national stadium won't be sold out
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Marco Giacomelli17 August 2017

Tottenham will eject any Chelsea fans found in the ‘home sections’ for this Sunday’s Premier League match at Wembley.

Spurs have no desire to set a precedent by relocating Blues fans who have bought a ticket outside the away section, but police and the club are hopeful that it will not be a significant problem.

So far, Spurs have sold around 70,000 tickets, including 3,000 in the away end, for the first League game at their temporary home — some 20,000 short of the national stadium’s capacity. But following talks with the safety advisory group, made up of representatives from Brent Council and the police, fire and ambulance services, the club have not been permitted to put remaining tickets on general sale for fear of Chelsea supporters buying in the home end. Spurs are only able to sell tickets to fans registered on their database prior to July 1, leaving the prospect of swathes of empty seats for one of their biggest games of the season.

The club are still hopeful of selling more tickets to registered fans before Sunday but it is unlikely the attendance will surpass the 85,512 who attended last season’s Champions League defeat to Bayer Leverkusen — a record crowd for an English club.

It is expected that Spurs will face similar restrictions for the visits of West Ham in December and Arsenal in February, although each decision is made on individual circumstances.

Spurs fought hard for Brent Council to allow them to have Wembley’s full 90,000-capacity for every home game this season and, while the club’s database almost certainly exceeds that figure, it is possible that ticket prices and TV coverage of the match have deterred fans.

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Meanwhile, Tottenham’s joint-record signing Moussa Sissoko has denied he has reached an agreement to leave the club. Spurs are open to offers for the France midfielder, who joined for £30million on deadline day last summer, and he has held talks with Turkish club Trabzonspor. Sissoko started last weekend’s Premier League opener against Newcastle.

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