Messi with the 2022 World Cup trophy.
The soccer shirts that Lionel Messi wore throughout Argentina’s 2022 World Cup victory are set to be auctioned. The six jerseys that the Argentina captain wore in Qatar, together with the one he wore in the course of the thrilling remaining match in opposition to France in December 2022, are estimated by Sotheby’s to be price over $10 million, as per a report in Sky Information.
The 36-year-old soccer participant introduced the public sale on social media and said {that a} proportion of the gross sales would profit youngsters with uncommon ailments by the UNICAS Undertaking, which is run by the Sant Joan de Deu Barcelona Kids’s Hospital.
The set can be put up for public sale by Sotheby’s New York department between November 30 and December 14. In the course of the bidding days, the shirts can be obtainable for viewing at its New York workplaces.
When it comes to soccer memorabilia particularly, the document for a game-worn merchandise is presently $9.3 million, set in 2022 by Diego Maradona’s shirt from the 2-1 quarterfinal victory over England in 1986, when he scored the now-famous “Hand of God” aim.
“The 2022 World Cup stands as one of many best occasions in sports activities historical past, intrinsically linked to Messi’s valiant journey and firmly establishing his standing as the best participant of all time. The sale of those six shirts stands as a monumental event in public sale historical past, providing followers and collectors a connection to Messi’s crowning achievement,” Sotheby’s Head of Trendy Collectables Brahm Wachter stated.
In the meantime, after profitable the FIFA World Cup, the soccer legend advised the Argentine Urbana Play radio station, “The cup known as out to me, it advised me: come and seize me, now you possibly can contact me. “I noticed it glowing in that stunning stadium and I did not hesitate” to kiss it, he added, referring to the beautiful Lusail Stadium in Doha, the place the ultimate was performed.
“After a lot struggling and misplaced finals, God saved it for me,” he stated of the World Cup. “I might have preferred Maradona at hand me the cup, so he may no less than see Argentina champions. From up above he gave me power, as did so many individuals who love me,” he added.
