One of the most sought-after trading cards of all time is up for auction in the form of Jordan’s 1986-1987 Fleer #57 rookie card. When you agreed to go to 'the shed' you were actually saying that you are willing to do everything, to live in bad conditions, to do things on and off the pitch that you didn't like," said Jorge Valdano, who scored four goals during the tournament.

That need to share everything, I think, helped the group, which became more and more homogenous. It's the biggest transformation miracle I've experienced in my sporting career."The current model of adidas COPA MUNDIAL was improved around 1994 and has been produced with little change up to the present.

Argentina's technical assistant Ruben Moschella and kit man Tito Benros were then charged with trawling around Mexico City to find a shirt suitable to play a World Cup quarter-final in. They narrowed it down to two, the first a similar colour to the existing kit and another in a brighter blue. Perhaps it comes down to an issue of quality, whereby PUMA Kings have simply failed to evolve as well as other brands. Or perhaps, with the rapid advances in technology, and the ever-expanding scope for meticulous designs and modern materials, it’s PUMA’s apparent reluctance to deviate too far from the classic King of yesteryear means that it simply isn’t that fashionable anymore. Elsewhere, basketball fans will have the chance to get their hands on history with the auction’s headline item – James’s high school jersey which he wore for a famous Sports Illustrated cover in 2002. Other football highlights from the auction include a World Cup winner’s medal handed to a member of the victorious Brazil squad in 1994. A signed pair of Diego Maradona’s boots from his time playing for Barcelona are also up for sale (Julien’s Auctions/PA) And, if at one time good enough for World Cup winners and God-like figures, why have the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi then not opted to continue the PUMA King’s rich football heritage?

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Much like the boot itself, the wearer of a pair of PUMA Kings is unobtrusive, yet undeniably strong, sturdy, and invariably reliable. When Maradona and his Argentina team-mates won the tournament, they did so as representatives of a nation which in that one summer regained its pride - and its smile.