Messi’s 2022 World Cup shirts to be sold for £8million

<p>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, Daily Mail reports.</p>, <p>The Argentina captain played a talismanic role as his country won the trophy in Qatar.</p>, <p>Messi scored five times and laid on two assists throughout the tournament.</p>, <p>His displays at the World Cup were key to him winning the Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time.</p>, <p>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.</p>, <p>The sale which was around £7.1m is a world record for an item of football memorabilia.</p>