Aston Villa vow to BAN fans caught selling seats for their Champions League clash against Celtic to third parties

Aston Villa will ban any supporters found to have sold their seats for Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Celtic to third parties. At last week’s Europa League meeting between Manchester United and Rangers, a significant number of away fans appeared to have gained access to home areas. Aston Villa welcome Celtic to Villa Park in the Champions League on Wednesday night The club have promised to ban supports caught selling seats for the game to third parties A significant number of Rangers supporters were able to secure seats in home sections of Old Trafford during the Scottish side's Europa League clash against Manchester United ‘For clarity, this also includes the resale of tickets on secondary ticketing platforms who only seek to inflate the face value price. ‘Season Ticket Holders will also have their season tickets revoked should they be found selling their seats to visiting supporters.’ After their 2-1 win over Rangers, a United statement said: ‘'Whilst the unauthorised touting of tickets has become more difficult since our introduction of in-app digital ticketing, it cannot be completely eliminated.