BBC: Some overseas companies obtain large amounts of tickets from online ticketing platforms and then resell them at high prices

Recently, the BBC investigated and exposed the black market transactions of Premier League tickets. They said that some overseas companies have participated in the illegal sales of thousands of Premier League tickets.

BBC said: Some overseas companies, including businesses in a small town of only 4,000 in Switzerland, were found involved in the illegal sale of thousands of Premier League tickets, which used membership and computer software to obtain tickets on a large scale from the club's online ticketing platform.

In the UK, reselling tickets is illegal, and the Premier League also puts these websites on the "unauthorized list". Still, BBC sports journalists can easily purchase tickets for four games last weekend through the black market, a practice considered "universal" in the English football world.

The Manchester derby on Sunday was sold out a few weeks ago, but we bought two tickets to the City a few days before the game. We also buy tickets for Arsenal, Everton and West Ham United games. In these four games, our reporters were able to use these tickets to enter the stadium.

However, not all fans using these websites have the same experience, and some fans told BBC Sports that they paid the fee but were unable to enter the game venue. These tickets we buy are priced at two to four times the face value, some even sent via UK phone numbers on WhatsApp, and sometimes come with strict instructions for not talking to security personnel.

This discovery has sparked calls for clubs, the Premier League and the government to strengthen its crackdown on the black market. There are concerns that this size of the market makes it more difficult for fans to get tickets from official channels for face value, and may also threaten strict regional quarantine regulations. In response, clubs said they are working to solve the problem and have canceled tens of thousands of memberships and tickets.