• Average price for 'A' category games rises to £62 • Cheapest tickets for 'C' games drops to £25.50

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The most expensive ticket at Arsenal next season will be £126, the club have announced.

Ticket prices for "A" category games, of which there are two before the end of the year against Chelsea and Tottenham, will be on average £62, an increase of 23%.

However, the top price of £126 will apply to around only 1% of available tickets in the "A" band.

The regrading of games into "A", "B" and "C" categories will create approximately 90,000 lower-priced tickets for non season-ticket holders during the season.

Prices in the "C" band will be on average 28% lower than last season's equivalents with tickets against Sunderland on 18 August down to £25.50 compared to £35 last term.

The lowest priced matchday ticket for next season will be £25.50.

"We constantly aim to strike the right balance between offering tickets at affordable prices, while ensuring we have sufficient income to reinvest in the squad," said the Arsenal chief executive, Ivan Gazidis.