Maradona: His Argentina-England shirt is being auctioned off at an unrealistic price

Diego Maradona died in 2020, but his symbolism remains unchanged and mostly priceless, as confirmed by auction house Sotheby’s, which is preparing to auction one of his shirts, the most famous of all time.

After Argentina’s game, where he scored the famous goal passing England’s half and the equally famous goal with his hand, Maradona swapped shirts with Steve Hodge in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup.

The England international midfielder owned this heirloom for 18 years before donating it to the National Football Museum in Manchester, where it was one of the top exhibits. Now he decided to sell it through the international house in an auction to be held electronically from April 20th to May 4th.

“It was one of those moments in history when the sport could go beyond a simple race. There could be a big demand for this jersey. It could end up in a museum, a club, a collector, or maybe anyone who wants to. the best of the best “, said Bran Branchter of Sotheby’s.

The retail price starts at £4,000,000 (approx. €5,000,000) and is estimated at £6,000,000. In such an event, the world record will be broken that belongs to a 1928-1930 Base Ruth jersey, one of the top players in baseball history, which sold for £4,440,000 in June 2019.

The Argentina national team’s jerseys in this game were not the authentic ones that had been sourced for the event. Complaints from players about the heat in Mexico City combined with the look of cotton raising the temperature even more prompted a janitor to buy thinner jerseys from a store in the country. He then sewed on the Argentinian badges and ironed the numbers, creating a look that now costs millions.