Liverpool's co-owner Tom Hicks has fired a broadside at Uefa, claiming the governing body's communications director William Gaillard is a clown for piling blame on the Anfield club's fans for the problems at the UEFA Champions League final.
A Uefa dossier presented to sports minister Richard Caborn is expected to paint a dim view of Liverpool's supporters, while Gaillard has pinned the blame for the trouble in Athens squarely at the door of the travelling Reds hordes.
Gaillard said: "The incidents involving Liverpool fans have been well known to us before the trouble at the Champions League final which involved Liverpool fans last week.
"That was just the latest example. What other set of fans steal tickets from their fellow supporters or out of the hands of children?"
Gaillard's comments have stirred the fire in Hicks, as he has responded by hitting out at Uefa's handling of the Athens showpiece.
"I thought the guy from Uefa was a clown for saying that," Hicks told Sky Sports News. "Uefa did not handle this right at all.
"To give 17,00 tickets to the two teams, particularly knowing Liverpool is going to bring 40,000 fans is insane.
"I think it is a classic case of a bureaucrat trying to take pressure off himself.
"They didn't handle it right, they didn't have proper ticketing procedures.
"Unfortunately there were counterfeit tickets and unfortunately there were Liverpool fans who paid hard-earned money and a lot of fans went to great sacrifice to get their tickets and they got to the stadium and were told there was no more room.
"Were they mad? Sure they were mad and I don't blame them."
Also:
He's just been staying on SSN that the plans for the stadium are complete and will be unveiled after a council meeting on June 18th, he said it was a fantastic design, prob be more in detail later.
A Uefa dossier presented to sports minister Richard Caborn is expected to paint a dim view of Liverpool's supporters, while Gaillard has pinned the blame for the trouble in Athens squarely at the door of the travelling Reds hordes.
Gaillard said: "The incidents involving Liverpool fans have been well known to us before the trouble at the Champions League final which involved Liverpool fans last week.
"That was just the latest example. What other set of fans steal tickets from their fellow supporters or out of the hands of children?"
Gaillard's comments have stirred the fire in Hicks, as he has responded by hitting out at Uefa's handling of the Athens showpiece.
"I thought the guy from Uefa was a clown for saying that," Hicks told Sky Sports News. "Uefa did not handle this right at all.
"To give 17,00 tickets to the two teams, particularly knowing Liverpool is going to bring 40,000 fans is insane.
"I think it is a classic case of a bureaucrat trying to take pressure off himself.
"They didn't handle it right, they didn't have proper ticketing procedures.
"Unfortunately there were counterfeit tickets and unfortunately there were Liverpool fans who paid hard-earned money and a lot of fans went to great sacrifice to get their tickets and they got to the stadium and were told there was no more room.
"Were they mad? Sure they were mad and I don't blame them."
Also:
He's just been staying on SSN that the plans for the stadium are complete and will be unveiled after a council meeting on June 18th, he said it was a fantastic design, prob be more in detail later.
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