Cole Palmer’s match worn shirt from Chelsea’s victory over Brighton has netted a huge sum after being auctioned off online.
The 22-year-old went on a first-half rampage at Stamford Bridge, netting four goals in the first-half in the 4-2 win marking the first time a player has ever achieved the feat in the Premier League.
Following the game Palmer signed his shirt and it was put up for auction on MatchWornShirt with a portion of the net profits donated to the Chelsea FC Foundation.
After an opening bid of £75 — £10 less than what a replica version of the Blues 2024-25 home shirt retails for on the club’s website — the item quickly gained traction over the course of the week-long listing.
A late flurry of bids saw the price continue to increase well into the five-figure range, with a punter from Singapore ultimately forking out £34,411 to secure the now-famous piece of sporting memorabilia.
Cole Palmer’s match worn shirt from Chelsea’s win over Brighton has fetched a five-figure fee at auction
The Blues ran riot against Fabian Hurzeler’s side, with Palmer netting all four in the 4-2 win
A punter from Singapore paid £34,411 to win the shirt after a week-long online auction
Of the other 12 match worn Chelsea shirts from the game to be sold at auction, Jadon Sancho’s fetched the second-highest price at £1220, while goalkeeper Robert Sanchez’s shirt sold for just £287.
The astronomical sum serves as yet another indicator of the England international’s ever-growing star power and ranks among the costliest shirts in football history.
The only players ever to have generated such revenue for a match worn jersey sold on the site are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Messi holds the top two spots on the list, with a special edition shirt from his time at PSG netting just under £50,000.
Meanwhile a shirt worn by Ronaldo in Manchester United’s defeat by Aston Villa in 2022 sits in third place after selling for over £37,000 on the website.
While Palmer’s record-breaking shirt slots into seventh place on the site’s biggest ever sales it still significantly cheaper than the most expensive football shirt of all time.
In 2022 former Nottingham Forest midfielder Steve Hodge elected to auction off the shirt worn by Diego Maradona in Argentina’s 1986 World Cup quarter-final victory against England.
The game saw Maradona score one of the most controversial goals in football history, followed by an strike that also would go down in the history books for its incredible skill.
Palmer’s shirt is the second most expensive in Premier League history on MatchWornShirt, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo’s from Man United loss against Aston Villa
The most expensive shirt ever sold on the site was Lionel Messi’s PSG’s Chinese New Year shirt
After swapping with the legendary Argentinian in the tunnel of the Estadio Azteca Hodge held on to the ‘Hand of God’ shirt for more than 35 years before auctioning it off.
The shirt eventually sold for £7,142,500, making it the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia in history.