Cristiano Ronaldo surpasses Lionel Messi as match-worn Portugal shirt smashes auction record

MatchWornShirt.com has revealed that the top donned by Ronaldo during Portugal's 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Armenia, where the 40-year-old bagged a brace, is currently at £61,657 (€71,0126) in a live auction. Even with four days to go, the Portuguese's shirt has surpassed the website's previous number one sale - Messi's Paris Saint-Germain-worn jersey against Reims in 2023. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ronaldo and Messi's shirts make up eight of the top 10.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo - €71,026 (£61,657)
2. Lionel Messi - €55,019 (£49,446)
3. Lionel Messi - €50,517 (£44,598)
4. Heung-Min Son - €48,907 (£41,221)
5. Cristiano Ronaldo - €45,012 (£39,148)
6. Lionel Messi - €43,623 (£38,689)
7. Cristiano Ronaldo - €43,206 (£36,942)
8. Lionel Messi - €42,786 (£36,786)
9. Cole Palmer - €41,127 (£34,411)
10. Lionel Messi - €37,405 (£33,372)

Ronaldo and Messi will go down as some of the greatest footballers of all time, with the debate raging on about who is the best. But football fans have been truly privileged to see the Al-Nassr ace and the Inter Milan star play for so long. Despite being in the winter years of their careers, fans still clamour for a piece of them.

The MWS website states that there are still four days and four hours left, at the time of writing, for fans to bid for Ronaldo's Portugal shirt. The ex-Manchester United and Real Madrid man is clearly still a phenomenon in the sport.