The shirts worn by Messi at the 2022 World Cup are up for auction

Argentine star Lionel Messi will auction six shirts worn during the World Cup in Qatar in 2022. Sotheby’s will be responsible for the event in December.

The shirts were used in the third season of the Argentine championship, against Saudi Arabia and Mexico (both in the group stage), Australia (round of 16), Holland (quarter-finals), Croatia (semi-finals) and France (finals).

The goal is to raise around $10 million (R$48.8 million at current prices). The value, in fact, would be a record for a collection of sports memorabilia. The current record is for Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls shirts from game one of the 1998 NBA Finals, which sold for £8.1 million in 2022.

After all, Messi is in Brazil for the match against Brazil, this Tuesday (21st), at 9.30pm (GMT), at the Maracanã, in a match valid for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The trend, in fact, is that it will be l The star’s last match with Argentina on Brazilian soil.

Brazil, in fact, is going through a difficult moment in the competition and needs to win so as not to remain last in the standings. Fernando Diniz’s team currently has seven points, in fifth place. Argentina leads the qualifiers, with 12 in total.

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Source: Terra

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