Folks collect by a photograph of late Argentinian soccer legend Diego Maradona on Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples on November 26, 2020 to mourn his demise. Maradona, extensively remembered for his “Hand of God” objective in opposition to England within the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals, died on November 25, 2020 of a coronary heart assault at his dwelling close to Buenos Aires in Argentina, whereas recovering from surgical procedure to take away a blood clot on his mind. (AFP)
NANTERRE, France – Diego Maradona’s heirs on Thursday misplaced their authorized bid in France to dam the sale of the Argentine soccer legend’s ‘Golden Ball’ trophy from the 1986 Mexico World Cup.
The trophy given to the match’s greatest participant had been lacking for many years earlier than being discovered by an vintage seller within the French capital.
It is because of be offered by Aguttes public sale home in Neuilly-sur-Seine, close to Paris, on June 6.
In line with the Maradona household, the trophy given to their father in November 1986 on the Lido Cabaret in Paris was stolen throughout a financial institution theft three years later in Naples.
On Thursday, a courtroom in Nanterre, exterior Paris, discovered that the heirs “didn’t current any prison proceedings that will have been filed by the footballer throughout his lifetime”.
“Proof of the existence of this theft can’t be primarily based solely on press articles,” the courtroom discovered.
Legal professionals for the household of Maradona, who died in 2020 aged 60 years, argued that the piece of memorabilia from the participant’s glittering profession, which is anticipated to fetch tens of millions, rightly belongs to his 5 heirs.
They’re interesting Thursday’s choice.
“This issues a trophy awarded to a soccer legend, it ought to go to Argentina,” Gilles Moreu of the Paradox legislation agency instructed AFP.
In 2022, Maradona’s Argentina jersey from the 1986 match offered for near $9.3 million, whereas the “Hand of God” ball from the quarter-final in opposition to England offered for $2.4 million later that yr.
For his or her half, attorneys representing the one that discovered the ‘Golden Ball’ and the public sale home, which is organising the sale, pleaded good religion.
Maximilien Aguttes, director of the public sale home, mentioned one of many “legends” circulating concerning the award was that Maradona forgot it on the Lido the night it was awarded.
The vintage seller who acquired the trophy mentioned he purchased it at an public sale in 2016 “in a {hardware} lot” made up of tons of of trophies, most of which had little worth.
A prison grievance has additionally been filed, the general public prosecutor’s workplace confirmed to AFP.
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