Last Updated: Tue, 06 May 2008 14:40
Zenit St Petersburg have confirmed their fans will be taking up their full allocation for the Uefa Cup final in Manchester.
Rangers were hoping that their Russian opponents would return some of their 13,000 tickets meaning more for their own fans.
However, the Zenit have stated they will be taking up the full allocation for the showpiece at the City of Manchester Stadium on May 14.
The home of Manchester City holds 47,726 and Rangers are expected to get the same number of tickets as the team from St Petersburg.
That means there are 22,000 tickets being distributed among neutral fans and corporate sponsors, with some already appearing in the usual places such as internet auction website eBay, with bids ranging from £600 to £5,000.
"We will sell all our tickets, there is no doubt about that," said a Zenit spokesman. "We had 3,000 in Munich for the first leg of our semi-final against Bayern and many more want to go to Manchester.
"We have had our first allocation of 7,000 tickets from Uefa and they are gone.
"We are waiting for the second part of 4,000 and I have no doubt that they will be sold too, as will the rest we get. Our fans will have no problems travelling to Britain.
"They do need a special passport that allows them to leave the country but many of our 16,000 season-ticket holders and our other fans, already have it."
"They also need a visa to travel to Britain but the British Consulate will open offices in St Petersburg and Moscow to allow those to be rushed through."