Controversy has trailed the move to auction a jersey worn by Argentine football legend, Diego Maradona when he scored the infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.
Steve Hodge, the English international who had swapped shirts with Maradona after the encounter had put the jersey up for auctioning, but the Argentine’s family is claiming that the jersey expected to fetch $5m at auction is not the one worn by the late football great during the encounter.
But Maradona’s daughter, Dalma, and his ex-wife, Claudia Villafane, have suggested that the shirt worn by a legendary figure during the second-half of an iconic fixture in Mexico is actually in the possession of somebody else.
Dalma Maradona has said: “It’s not the shirt my father wore in the second half.
“I’m sure Hodge doesn’t have it, and I know who does. I don’t want to say who has it, because that’s crazy.”