The shirt Diego Maradona wore when he scored the "Hand of God" goal against England at the 1986 World Cup is going to be auctioned.
The blue away shirt is expected to fetch more than 3 million dollars.
Maradona scored one of the greatest goals in World Cup history in that game.
The shirt was not for sale after Maradona died.
In December of that year, he said that reports he was looking to sell the shirt were false and that he found it disrespectful. I am not trying to sell it.
After Argentina defeated England in the 1986 World Cup quarter-finals, Maradona gave the shirt to the man who had played in two of the tournament's tournaments, shorn of his 24 caps.
The shirt was lent to the National Football Museum for 20 years and will be auctioned off at the end of April and beginning of May.
The current record price for a shirt worn during a game is held by New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth.
Maradona is considered one of the greatest ever football players, as evidenced by his role in Argentina's 1986 World Cup win.
He played for a number of clubs in his career, but it was at Napoli between 1984 and 1991 that he solidified his reputation as the best player of his generation.
He captained them to their first ever Italian Serie A title in 1986-87 and followed it with a second in 1989-90, as well as winning the Uefa Cup, Coppa Italia and Italian Super Cup with the club.
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