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Man City players to refund fans who travelled to Norway for CL loss
Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma after letting in a goal during the Champions League soccer match between Bodo/Glimt and Manchester City in Bodo, Norway, January 20, 2026

MANCHESTER CITY’S players will refund ticket costs for fans who traveled to Norway for the team’s shocking 3-1 loss to tiny Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League.

City striker Erling Haaland apologised immediately after Tuesday’s game for City’s performance, saying it was “embarrassing.”

Haaland is in a captains’ group also containing Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias and Rodri, and they said in a joint statement on Wednesday that the players will reimburse the 374 supporters who made the long journey to Bodo, which is located north of the Arctic Circle.

“Our supporters mean everything to us,” the statement read. “We know the sacrifice that our fans make when they travel across the world to support us home and away and we will never take it for granted. They are the best fans in the world.

“We also recognise that it was a lot of travelling for the fans who supported us in the freezing cold throughout a difficult evening for us on the pitch. Covering the cost of these tickets for the fans who travelled to Bodo is the least we can do.”

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