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A YouTube star from Wrexham is making an unusual journey to the Champions League final after shunning expensive flights.

Simon Wilson, who is best known for sneaking into high-profile events, has forked out on a £40 car to get him to the Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham in Madrid.

Wilson, who previously sneaked into the Floyd Mayweather Jr v Conor McGregor boxing match and BBC's Sports Personality of the Year , said he refused to pay an extortionate air fare.

The Liverpool FC season ticket holder purchased a Skoda Favorit GLXI to get to Saturday's match, before finding out it was one of only six still licensed to drive in the UK.

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo , he said: "I'll be uploading a couple of videos, but the reason I'm doing this is not just for YouTube.

"I was lucky enough to get a ticket in the ballet through my season ticket, but because the ballot wasn't announced until recently I didn't want to book transport.

(Image: Simon Wilson)

"When I looked online, the transport was so expensive it was ridiculous, the flights were around £800."

But with the prospect of seeing his childhood team win a major trophy, Simon wasn't going to let expensive airfares deter him.

Wilson, who has more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers, said: "I rang up my brother, Ben Wilson, and asked him how much was the cheapest car we could get."

After a bit of research, Ben managed to find a Skoda Favorit GLXI for sale on Facebook for just £40.

Simon said: "When he told me I was like 'just buy it now, we will worry about it afterwards'."

It was only later that Simon found out the car they bought was one of only six still licensed to drive in the UK.

With transport sorted, Simon also decided to extend an invitation to one of his subscribers, who is a Tottenham supporter.

Simon said: "I just thought, I've got a spare seat in the car and one of my subscribers, who have travelled with before, is a massive Tottenham fan.

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"But he works full time and is not fortunate to go to the matches, but now he'll get to soak up the atmosphere."

The trio started their journey to Madrid outside Anfield on Wednesday, travelling down the motorway to get to the ferry port in Dover.

And despite the Sat Nav saying the journey would take five hours, due to heavy traffic and the car being slow, it took over six - meaning Simon, Ben and the subscriber missed their ferry to Calais.

Luckily, they were able to get on the next ferry a short time later to continue their journey through France.

But already the car has sustained a few bangs, they've also lost the pipe that cools the engine.

However, Simon said that they will find a way to Madrid no matter what, adding: "Worst case scenario we will jump on the train make it happen - there's no way I won't be there."

You can watch Simon's journey on his YouTube channel here .