Steve Hodge brought Diego Maradona's 'Hand of God' shirt into Soccer AM in CARRIER BAG before selling it for £7m

FORMER England midfielder Steve Hodge once took Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" shirt into Soccer AM in a CARRIER BAG.

The iconic top sold for over £7million at auction this week, making it the most expensive match-worn shirt in history.


Hodge and Maradona swapped tops after Argentina beat England 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup.

Maradona scored both goals – one with his hand and one with his foot.

But the anonymous buyer may be regretting lodging the staggering winning bid after finding out more of the history behind the top.

Robbie Knox, who was part of the Soccer AM production team from 2000-2007, revealed on Twitter that Hodge once brought the top with him during an appearance on the show.

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Although Hodge didn't seem to care much for it, bringing it on set in just a plastic carrier bag.

Fellow ex-Soccer AM producer Rocket (real name James Long), then replied to Knox's tweet with a picture of himself WEARING the shirt.

Posting a snap to Twitter of himself dressed up in Maradona's threads, Rocket wrote: "He let me stick it on!"

Hodge, 59, put the shirt up for auction with Sotheby’s after it was previously loaned to the National Football Museum.

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The sale comes after Maradona’s family claimed the Three Lions midfielder had the shirt he used in the first half, and not the Hand of God shirt.

But Sotherbys said they had verified beyond doubt that Hodge had the authentic shirt.

On Tuesday an Argentine delegation arrived in London to try and grab it for a Maradona museum in Buenos Aires in a last-ditch attempt to stop the shirt being kept in the UK.

The final winning bid of £7.142m came in the very last minute of the sale and was made by an anonymous bidder.

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