With the men’s World Cup kicking off in around six months, fans should be getting excited to go watch their national team play in North America next summer.

But, after the latest phase of ticket sales was launched this week, doing so might cost them more than they had expected – with a ticket for the final costing more than $4,000.

Such prices have triggered outrage from fans across the world, with some of the most loyal soccer supporters being priced out of the tournament.

The wave of criticism has come after FIFA allocated tickets to national associations for participating teams on Thursday, in what the governing body calls the Participating Member Association (PMA) allocation.

It essentially allows individual federations to sell tickets to their most loyal fans, who qualify throug

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