The locker used by Lionel Messi in Barcelona’s changing room is one of items in a major sale from the club’s Camp Nou ground. You’ll need $350,000 to buy it.
The Argentinian star’s changing station is one of 46 items being offered at an auction at Goldin that ends on January 23.
The locker and bench, complete with Messi’s number 10 and a portrait of the player has a $350,000 opening bid floor.
If you want to value your favourite Barca players, this is how they line up:
Number 3, Gerard Pique and Pepe Guardiola $200,000.
Number 10, Ronaldinho Gaucho, $100,000.
Number 11, Neymar Jr, Ronaldo Luís Nazário, Juan Román Riquelme, $40,000.
You can get Thierry Henry’s locker for just $20,000.
Corner flags from the Camp Nou pitch are listed for $2,000 each.
Penalty spots are $5,000.
The ground is undergoing a $1.3 billion renovation.
Lionel Messi’s locker could be yours, if you have the space for it, and at least $350,000. Image courtesy of Goldin.
Lionel Messi is by most accounts the greatest footballer of all time.
His story is intimately linked to Barcelona.
In 17 seasons he won 10 La Liga titles, seven Copa del Reys, and the Champions League four times.
Last year, the napkin-written promise that first tied him to the Catalan giants was sold for £762,400.
At the end of 2023, a collection of six shirts Messi wore during the World Cup that he won with Argentina in 2022 were sold for $7.8m.
This item will outweigh those by some distance.
The locker weighs 84.5kg, the bench 24.5kg.
The locker is 79.5cm by 154.5cm by 62cm. The bench 79.5cm by 42.5cm by 44cm.
Goldin say: “This is an incredible, wholly unique Messi commemorative coming directly from Barça. The bench displays the remnants of Messi’s cleat marks, the slightest of indentations caused as La Pulga laced up his boots before taking the pitch as Barça’s talisman and leader.
“This locker and bench combination now stands as the definitive Lionel Messi commemoration, a living and breathing testament to the unquestioned skills of football’s all-time greatest player.”
Stadium parts have been sold before. In 2011, the Royal Tunnel Gates from Wembley Stadium were sold after a rebuild. They made £5,875.
