The former Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff is selling a signed football shirt he received from the late Argentine football legend Diago Maradona at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. The shirt will be auctioned by Sotheby’s and is expected to fetch around 1.1 million euro.
Former Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff selling signed shirt he received from Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup
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In 1986 Belgium knocked Argentina out of the World Cup that was held in Mexico. After the game the then national team goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff received a football shirt signed by Diago Maradona. The Argentinian football great wrote “for El Simpatico” on the shirt. Jean-Marie Pfaff gave Maradona one of his goalkeeping gloves in exchange. Now the shirt is up for auction.
Jean-Marie Pfaff’s daughter Kelly told VRT News that "The shirt is usually kept lying in a safe and we often ask ourselves what we should do with it. You can’t really just give it to someone. Dad said that he wants to sell it, but he of course hopes that the person that buys it attaches as much importance to it as he does”.
Kelly Pfaff says that it is not important how much the shirt fetches at auction. "Money is not important. We feel that the things that are really personal to my father are much more important than this. For example, for me his goalkeeping gloves are more important than that shirt”.
Those wishing to place a bid for Maradona’s shirt can do so until 2 August via Sotheby’s website. Bidding starts at 735,000 euro. The shirt is expected to sell for around 1.1 million euro.