Messi’s 2022 World Cup Shirts To Be Sold For £8Million
Messi displays at the World Cup were key to him winning the Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time
Joy Kalu 
Lionel Messi’s shirt collection from the 2022 World Cup is set to fetch a world record of over £8million when it goes to auction at Sotheby’s New York later this month,
The Argentina captain played a talismanic role as his country won the trophy in Qatar.
Messi scored five times and laid on two assists throughout the tournament.
His displays at the World Cup were key to him winning the Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time.
When Messi’s shirts sell for over £8million, it will surpass the current world record set by Steve Hodge, Hodge who sold Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ jersey from the 1986 World Cup quarter-final last year.
The sale which was around £7.1m is a world record for an item of football memorabilia.
The current record for a game-worn item of sporting memorabilia being sold at auction was set in September 2022 when Michael Jordan's jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals went under the hammer for £8.1m.
Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt from Argentina's 1986 World Cup quarter-final win over England fetched £7.45m last year.
