Heung-Min Son shirt from Europa League final sells for over £40k

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Just a few weeks after Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League final triumph in Bilbao, a shirt from the winning side's captain has sold at auction.

Fans and collectors were engaged in a bidding war on MatchWornShirt, a platform for auctioning match-issued shirts. MatchWornShirt partners with other Premier League sides such as Chelsea and international teams such as the USA.

The winner of the signed shirt was a South Korean Spurs superfan who, after a bidding war over the weekend, finally won the shirt for £41,221.

As a result of this sale, this is the third most valuable item ever sold on the site, with only two Lionel Messi shirts (at £44,598 and £49,446) surpassing Son’s in value.

Heung-Min Son came on as a substitute for Ange Postecoglou just after the hour mark in the contest, and saw out the game to lift Spurs' first trophy in 17 years.

What followed was a parade in North London, where Son and his teammates partied after ending the trophy drought.

Son has been at Tottenham Hotspur for almost a decade, and remained loyal to the club through times of trial and tribulation to become the first player to lift a trophy for the Lilywhites since Ledley King in 2008.

Match-issued shirts were also being auctioned for goalscorer and game winner Brennan Johnson, defender Micky van de Ven and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

Each unique item features front-of-shirt inscriptions containing the Europa League Final match information and was issued to each respective player prior to the game at the Estadio de San Mamés stadium.

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