Foul! Football fans will have to fork out £870 to fill famous Panini sticker books amid soaring inflation (that’s more than a ticket to the World Cup final in Qatar)
- Collecting and trading Panini stickers is a much-loved part of the World Cup
- The price of a five-sticker pack has risen to 90p – up from 80p in the 2018 games
- To collect the 670 stickers to complete the book fans must buy 4800 on average
Collecting and trading Panini stickers is a much-loved part of a football fan’s World Cup experience.
But soaring inflation means filling one of the famous sticker books may cost more than a ticket to this year’s final in Qatar. To complete the book, fans will have to fork out almost £870, according to research. A ticket to the final costs £505.
Collecting and trading Panini stickers is a much-loved part of a football fan’s World Cup experience
But soaring inflation means filling one of the famous sticker books may cost more than a ticket to this year’s final in Qatar
To complete the book, fans will have to fork out almost £870, according to research. A ticket to the final costs £505
The price of a five-sticker pack for the 2022 World Cup has risen to 90p – up from 80p during the 2018 tournament in Russia
The price of a five-sticker pack for the 2022 World Cup has risen to 90p – up from 80p during the 2018 tournament in Russia.
Fans need to collect 670 stickers to complete the book, but because of duplicates, statisticians say collectors need to buy 4,832 stickers on average.