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Pele’s 1958 World Cup final shirt sells for $4.9m

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Pele’s 1958 World Cup final shirt sells for $4.9m

It is the second most valuable football jersey sold behind the Argentina shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the 'Hand of God' goal against England at the 1986 World Cup - which went for £7.

A shirt worn by Pele during the 1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.

A shirt worn by Lionel Messi during Barcelona's dramatic 6–1 comeback victory over Paris St-Germain in the last 16 of the Champions League in 2017 sold for $217,600 (£161,482), while David Beckham's shirt from his 50th England cap at the 2002 World Cup sold for $51,200 dollars (£37,996).

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