Well-known auction house Sotheby’s will auction the jersey Messi wore during the last World Cup in Qatar. The event could set a world record and is expected to fetch more than $10 million, surpassing the jersey worn by Michael Jordan in the 1998 NBA Finals.
Sotheby’s revealed last Monday that it would auction six of the seven shirts Leo Messi wore for Argentina at the last World Cup between November 30 and December 14. , including the jersey he defended against France in the final. Albiceleste’s performance after winning some agonizing penalties.
Specifically, the auction house will auction all the shirts Messi wore in the final, semi-finals (against Croatia), quarter-finals (against the Netherlands) and round of 16 (against Australia). There are three games in the group stage, and two jerseys with the Argentine star “10” printed on the back will be auctioned.
In this way, Messi surpassed the best athletes of all time such as Michael Jordan in the auction of the jersey from the first game of the 1998 NBA Finals between the Chicago Bulls and the Utah Jazz, with the auction price reaching $10.1 million.
As for the beautiful game, perhaps the best football player of all time will also surpass Diego Armando Maradona, whose “Hand of God” shirt raised $9.3 million in May 2022.
The last time a Messi jersey was auctioned, the price reached $450,000. Those were other times when the Argentine defended the colors of FC Barcelona. Specifically, at the 2017 Classic.