Marcelo Ordas, looking at Maradona’s shirt.
A massive offer came at the end of the historic shirt auction in which Diego Maradona signed his best works: more on nine million dollars to stay in the fictional blue shirt which 10 invented the “hand of God“and draw a goal painting that defined it as a”cosmic kite“In a memorable 2-1 win against England, for the quarterfinals of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
The blue shirt with embroidery ten has sentimental value, but also monetary value. The thing is steve hodgethe English player who had the clarity to change the historic shirt despite his team’s defeat, decided to make it cash after 36 years via British auction site Sotheby’s. So began this story that ended this afternoon with an unexpected offer from a group from the United Arab Emirates.
The outcome, the “10” goes to Abu Dhabi, the country’s capital in the Middle Eastat. The owners of the company are still unknown but they are believed to be related to the Manchester City owners. $ 9.2m (£ 7.1m) came in in the final seconds of the auction closing.. So, they beat all the competitors.
Among one of the many interested parties was an Argentine with a particular story. Marcelo Ordas is at the head of the Legends team, a private company that boasts the largest collection of used shirts in the world. The Argentine delegation was present on British territory to pick up the shirt and return it to the country.
Claudio Caniggia and Marcelo Ordás, with the shirt that Bird wore when he scored a goal against Brazil in Italy in 1990
According to English site ITV News, the Argentine offered more than 5 million pounds sterling, but the ton of money put in by the Arab group was more and buried Ordás ’illusion.
The Argentine collector affirmed in the radio communication metro: “It’s not a question of a collector who just wants to take credit for putting it in a closet. We agreed that if we take this relic, it will be in the best place for all Argentines to see it forever.”.
And he clarified that he would fulfill the dream. But 17 seconds separated him from the dream: “I thought we won because behind me were many people who accompanied this crusade. The dream that motivated us to be here in London. We still have to sign papers. The dream is to take him home, take him to Argentina. It’s sad because it can’t be brought home to share with all Argentines. On the other hand there are people from the Middle East who have more economic resources, no longer with more historical and enthusiastic resources like us. There are 17 seconds left and we have the best offer“, he said.
In addition, Marcelo Ordás told LN+ with tears in his eyes: “This armor, this relic will be brought home so that all soccer lovers in the world will appreciate it. And this is what led for it. there will be a cultural heritage of the most important Argentine team in history. I’m sorry, we did everything we could. “
Marcelo Ordas, close to his dearest thing.
“This is the sword of San Martín del Siglo XX”, Ordás closed to explain the value the shirt earned at nearly 9 million dollars for the Argentines.
Source: Clarin
