Arsenal have sold tickets to more than 60,000 home fans for their first Champions League quarter-final in 14 years.
Bayern Munich supporters are banned from attending the second leg of their last-eight tie after fireworks were thrown from the away section of the Stadio Olimpico during their 3-1 win over Lazio.
Arsenal’s home leg will be played on Wednesday 17 April and the club have said any fans who sell their tickets to Bayern supporters will receive bans.
The Gunners have not sold tickets to anyone to registered as a member after the quarter-final draw was made on 11 March.
In a statement, Arsenal said: “There is additional risk associated with this game, because Bayern Munich are not permitted an away allocation. Any season-ticket holder or Arsenal member’s seat found to be in possession of an away fan will be suspended indefinitely.”
Bayern have urged fans not to travel, hoping to avoid scenes similar to Cologne’s visit to north London in 2017.
Thousands of German fans bought tickets in the home end for a Europa League game, with violent disturbances delaying kick-off by an hour.
A percentage of Arsenal fans will not even have been born the last time their side reached the last eight of the Champions League.
It was 14 years ago in 2010 when Arsene Wenger’s side came up against Barcelona, coming back from 2-0 down to draw at the Emirates and even taking the lead in Catalonia through Nicklas Bendtner before four goals from Lionel Messi broke Gunners hearts.
It would be even more heart-breaking for Arsenal supporters if Bayern’s own talisman were to provide the winning goals this time around, given Harry Kane, formerly of bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, is their top-scorer this season with 30 in the league and another six in European competition.
But whatever the result, there will be no Bayern fans there to witness it, a harsher punishment than a mere fine on the grounds that the club were already on probation after a similar pyrotechnic incident against Copenhagen earlier this season.
Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen said: “This was such an explicit violation of the conditions of probation that an appeal is unfortunately futile.
“The fact we now have to play away without the support of our fans is a big blow. A small group of individual offenders have done a disservice to all our supporters and the team.”
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