Steve Hodge may have angered his team-mates by taking it, but the shirt Diego Maradona wore when he cheated and humiliated England in 1986 has been causing jaws to drop for many years since.

Bosses at the National Football Museum in Manchester, where the jersey of Argentina’s most famous number 10 from his most talked-about game currently resides, say the item is one of their most popular.

It was loaned to them for exhibitions in 2003 by former England midfielder Hodge, who swapped shirts with Maradona after the ‘Hand of God’ World Cup quarter-final in Mexico City 34 years ago.

The exact value, though, must remain a matter for conjecture.

Felton said: “We would never put a monetary figure on objects and items but the cultural value of this is absolutely immense.

“I think, after 34 years, England fans have got over the heartbreak now and I think Maradona will be completely remembered for that second goal.

“The first one, the ‘Hand of God’, will disappear and it will be all about that second goal where he took on several players.

“It was poetry in motion. It was art, it was opera, it was remarkable. I think it was the greatest goal ever seen.”