Jordan urges FA to 'grow up' and allow Chelsea fans to buy tickets for cup semi-final

The Blues have been unable to sell away tickets after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK government.

After their FA Cup quarter-final win over Middlesbrough on Saturday, they drew Palace to set up an all-London semi-final clash at Wembley Stadium.

And Jordan has encouraged the governing body to let Chelsea fans buy tickets for the game, wanting 'people that support the clubs' in the ground.

"There's not going to be a shortage of people that can pick up the tickets," he told talkSPORT.

"You give allocations to the clubs, you give allocations to dignitaries.

"What we don't want is a stadium full of people that are sort of the liggers of football that hang around it and get the corporate tickets and all the FA badges and FA ties.

"We don't want those guys in there. We want people that support the clubs.

"So, in an ideal world, the FA and the government have got to grow up and say, 'Our job is to make sure that the transfer of this ownership isn't, in any shape or form, benefiting a Russian owner'.

"That's the key component - but that doesn't mean you stop them from taking revenue.

"And the laughable thing is, the money got from that game against Middlesbrough, 45% of it went to Chelsea anyway because the gate receipts are split!

"The Newcastle fans that were paying £20 a ticket, £9 of that money was going to Chelsea! How have you stopped Chelsea from getting money out of a game?

"Have you ever heard of anything so ridiculous?"