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Liverpool legend John Aldridge has slammed the decision to hold the Europa League final in Basel as 'ludicrous and dangerous'.

The Reds have been allocated just 10,000 tickets for the match against Sevilla in the Swiss city, with many supporters expected to travel without tickets.

In his column in the Liverpool Echo, Aldridge has given his take on the venue of the fixture.

He wrote: "Liverpool reaching the Europa League final is a brilliant achievement, but what a shame there has been so much talk about the fact only 10,000 tickets or so have been made available.

"Why is it in Basel? I can’t see the logic in it. I don’t know whose decision it was, but it can’t have been a football person. It’s definitely left egg on their face.

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"They want to make this cup more prestigious and give the carrot of Champions League qualification to the winner, then all of a sudden they decide to put it into a stadium that is not fit to host a final so big.

"It’s absolutely ridiculous. Think of all the fantastic arenas in Europe that would qualify to host this sort of game, and they put it in one of the smallest ones.

"UEFA’s decision is ludicrous and dangerous.

"I know this was decided two years ago, but surely they could have seen this sort of thing happening?

"What’s happened now is they have a team which a huge support in the final. This is always a possibility with the teams dropping out of the Champions League. Yet they’ve put it in a tiny stadium.

"They’ve made themselves a laughing stock, to be honest.

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"I know loads who will go out there no matter what, they’re going to watch it in a pub, or maybe the square on the big screen, and have a great couple of days.

"There are people who haven’t missed a European final, I know plenty of them myself, so of course they’re going to make the journey over to Switzerland. This won’t stop them.

"I remember when Celtic played Porto in Seville, and Celtic took about 50,000 fans! Liverpool might not take those numbers but I can definitely see more than the 10,000 turning up.

"They won’t be there to cause trouble, just to enjoy the day, but UEFA’s decision has made it more of an issue than it should have been.

"I do applaud Jurgen for getting the message across to fans not to travel without tickets, though.

"The last thing we want to see is anything bad happen because the town can’t cope with influx of Liverpool fans, so it was good for him to get that message across."