By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
Six of the shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina’s World Cup-winning campaign are to be sold at auction, A portion of the proceeds from the auction will be donated to UNICAS Project, led by Sant Joan de Déu (SJD) Barcelona Children’s Hospital to meet the needs of children suffering from rare diseases.
His shirt from the final is included in the set of six, which are expected to fetch more than £8m in the auction hosted by Sotheby’s in New York.
The collection of Messi’s shirts will be on view at Sotheby’s New York headquarters in a free, public exhibition during the bidding process, which is open between 30 November and 14 December,2023.