Who is the Argentine who was 17 seconds away from buying Maradona’s shirt for almost 7 million dollars?

The Argentinian Diego Armando Maradona He is, without a doubt, one of the world’s most beloved football figures and his memory continues more than a year after his unfortunate departure. This Wednesday, May 4, the shirt with which Diego scored two goals against England in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico was auctioned, that is, the controversial play of the Hand of God and the Goal of the Century.

The long-awaited shirt was auctioned in the middle of a heart-stopping final where the offer that captured all expectations was that of a man from the East who paid almost $9 million dollars, exceeding all the expectations of Sotheby’s, organizer of the event.

What is the name and who is the Argentine who almost got Maradona’s shirt?

However, one of the offers that attracted the most attention was the one made by the Argentine Marcelo Ordas, a collector who traveled to London trying to get the long-awaited shirt of his compatriot Diego Armando Maradona.

Unfortunately, Marcelo Ordas left empty-handed because he was unable to get his $7 million enough to buy and return to Argentina the long-awaited shirt of the remembered striker and figure of the World Cups.

What did Marcelo Ordas say after the auction?

“We thought that we could manage to repatriate this relic to share it with all Argentines, but an offer from the Middle East arrived at the last minute and did not take away the illusion”Marcelo Ordas pointed out in the midst of tears to the TyC Sports medium.

“Many people helped me in Argentina, many businessmen from anonymity and above all the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, who was with us all the time but in a personal way, not as president, we made a very big effort”, added Marcelo Ordas.