I remember the 1990 World Cup, although I was very young indeed, so this shirt was something quite exciting to see (although with a caveat below). It was worn by Maradona, one of the greatest ever football players alongside Tony Cottee, in Rome on 8 July 1990 when West Germany beat Argentina in the World Cup final. I think it’s here as Maradona swapped it with the West German Guido Buchwald who was marking him throughout the game, but either which way, it’s a little moment of history. Although the shirt that Maradona wore in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final, the Hand of God one, went for £7.1 million at auction, so there’s some value to these things.
The caveat is that I’m not entirely sure if this is original, although the panel says that it is. It’s just that very little mention is made by the museum about this exhibit, and given its potential substantial worth, it seems to be something that they perhaps should do. Anyway, I like a bit of confusion added into the mix….