A South Korean Spurs superfan has won Son Heung-min’s Europa League final match-issued and signed shirt after a bidding war over the weekend, with the shirt finally being sold for £41,221!
The shirts were issued to each respective player prior to the game at the Estadio de San Mamés stadium. The player-issued shirts have been authenticated by Fabricks, a cutting-edge NFC (Near Field Communication) technology embedded directly into the fabric of every shirt to ensure full transparency and 100% authenticity for fans and collectors alike.
A portion of the proceeds for Son's shirt and all Spurs shirts will benefit the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, supporting life-changing programmes for communities in need.
With this auction ending, it means that it is the third most valuable item ever sold on MatchWornShirt, with only Lionel Messi’s shirts surpassing Son’s. The shirt becomes the most expensive shirt from a Premier League club, surpassing Cole Palmer's shirt vs Brighton this season, which sold for £34,411.
The full top 10 most expensive shirts are below:
- Lionel Messi - €55,019 (£49,446)
- Lionel Messi - €50,517 (£44,598)
- Heung-Min Son - €48,907 (£41,221)
- Cristiano Ronaldo - €45,012 (£39,148)
- Lionel Messi - €43,623 (£38,689)
- Cristiano Ronaldo - €43,206 (£36,942)
- Lionel Messi - €42,786 (£36,786)
- Cole Palmer - €41,127 (£34,411)
- Lionel Messi - €37,405 (£33,372)
- Lionel Messi - €35,869 (£31,738)
MatchWornShirt, founded in 2017, is the leading platform for match-worn and signed football shirts, partnering with over 300 global sports clubs including Chelsea F.C, Brentford F.C and Tottenham Hotspur. Alongside football, the platform offers collectibles from a wide range of sports including rugby, cricket, and cycling. MatchWornShirt understands the critical value of authenticity to sports fans, which is why they equip every shirt with an authentication technology, Fabricks. This innovation protects and guarantees a shirt’s identity by providing the owner with a personal digital certificate of its authenticity.