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A Liverpool fan who travelled from Anfield to Madrid for the Champions League final in a £40 car has told of his incredible journey.

Youtuber Simon Wilson was one of the website's most watched vloggers over the weekend after filming the the 2,600 mile road trip in an 26-year-old Skoda Favorit GLXI.

The 27-year-old from Wrexham who makes a living from sharing videos with his 340,000 subscribers bought the cheapest car possible after refusing to fork out sky-high prices for a flight to watch the final in the Spanish capital on Saturday.

In a post shared on his Youtube account last week, he said: "As I was lucky to get a ticket for the champions league final I needed to find a way of getting to Madrid.

"Flights were so expensive and with Tottenham also being in the final all the flights from London were ridiculously expensive too.

"In the end I thought Ill try and find the cheapest car I could find and I managed to find a Skoda Favourit for £40", the Liverpool Echo reports .

(Image: Simon Wilson)

He made the journey with his brother, Ben his friend Mark and a lucky subscriber, Richard - a Tottenham fan - who was asked to take part in the challenge.

But the trip didn't quite go off without a hitch.

Simon said: "I'll be honest, the whole way down to Madrid, I was skeptical that we'd make it. I mean we'd just gotten to Dover for the ferry and a pipe blew off of the engine."

(Image: Simon Wilson)

However, the little Skoda pushed on, managing to drive itself onto the ferry, so Simon and his three passengers decided to chance it.

He added: "Simple really, turn the radio up and job's a goodun' right?

"I love Liverpool FC, I've been to all the matches, but there was no way I was gonna pay out £800 for a flight that I could get for £40 next week.

"Yeah, it was a little bit of a long car ride back but I think it only cost us around £200 on petrol each way, so we've got four people to the final for half the price of one person flying over."

(Image: Daily Post Wales)

Liverpool won the match 2-0 and lifted their sixth European Cup at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium before he drove all the way back home.

Simon added: "One hundred percent, I'd recommend people give it a try. If we make it to Istanbul next year, there'll be something big coming."

(Image: Simon Wilson)

But what about the car?

He said: "Oh, I'm keeping the car. It's gonna be the daily runner I reckon. I'll get it done up first though!"

More than 1.7 million people have since watched the video, which hit number one on the Youtube trending page on Saturday for the first time.

Posting on Twitter, Simon wrote: "Just want to thank everyone who’s watched, liked, commented and shared the Madrid journey videos! It means more than you know."

To subscribe to Simon's Youtube channel, click here .