Confusion reigns relating to the impending sale of a Diego Maradona shirt, with the Argentine’s family claiming {that a} jersey expected to fetch £4 million ($5m) at auction is not the one wherein an all-time nice scored his well-known ‘Hand of God’ goal against England at the 1986 World Cup.
Steve Hodge was the lucky Three Lions star to swap shirts with a mercurial expertise at the finish of a quarter-final encounter wherein he additionally netted what many take into account to be the best particular person effort ever recorded.
Said memento is now set to go below the hammer at Sotheby’s, however Maradona’s daughter, Dalma, and his ex-wife, Claudia Villafane, have prompt that the shirt worn by a legendary determine throughout the second-half of an iconic fixture in Mexico is really in the possession of any individual else.
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What has been stated?
Dalma Maradona has stated: “It’s not the shirt my father wore in the second half.
“I’m sure Hodge doesn’t have it, and I know who does. I don’t want to say who has it, because that’s crazy.”
Villafane added: “It’s our phrase against that ex-player’s. I don’t assume he wants the cash both, except he auctions it off for a superb trigger.
“It would be good if the Argentine Football Association bought it.”
What has Hodge stated?
Former Nottingham Forest, Tottenham and Aston Villa midfielder Hodge was amongst these to be left trailing in Maradona’s wake as he single-handedly guided Argentina in the direction of World Cup glory in 1986, however he did get shut sufficient to him afterwards to assert a prized jersey.
He has stated of auctioning the shirt off: “I’ve been the proud proprietor of this item for over 35 years, since Diego and I swapped shirts in the tunnel after the famed match.
“It was an absolute privilege to have performed against one of the biggest and most opulent soccer gamers of all time.
“It has additionally been a pleasure to share it with the public over the final 20 years at the National Football Museum, the place it has been on show.
“The ‘Hand of God’ shirt has deep cultural meaning to the football world, the people of Argentina, and the people of England, and I’m certain that the new owner will have immense pride in owning the world’s most iconic football shirt.”
The present world file in relation to the sale of a match shirt stands at $5.6m (£4.3m), with a New York Yankees jersey worn by Babe Ruth going for that quantity in 2019.
