The jersey worn by the Argentine football legend, Diego Armando Maradona, who scored in the quarterfinals of 1986 World Cup v. England, will be offered on Sotheby's auction house, two years after his death, hoping to sell for more than five million dollars, reports "The Guardian".

He has been the owner of this blue jersey with number "35" for more than 10 years former England midfielder Steve Hodge, who at the end of that match replaced the jersey with Maradona. "Argentina's 2-1 victory in the quarter-finals is one of the most controversial in the history of the World Cup, precisely because of Maradona's goal, a goal that later got its name."God's hand".

The former English footballer, who called his autobiography "The man in Maradona's T-shirt", entrusted the jersey to Manchester National Football Museum to be exhibited there and promised after Maradona's death that the item would not be for sale because it has "incredible sentimental value". However, he seems to have changed his mind.

In a statement from Sotheby's, which announced the sale, Hodge said he was "confident the new owner will be very proud to own" the jersey, which "has deep cultural significance for the footballing world, the Argentine and English people".

Sotheby's, which will exhibit at its London premises during the online sale (April 20 to May 4), has determined a starting price of милиони 5,2 million, which is more than $ XNUMX million.