Airport Customs Destroy £6,000 Trezeguet World Cup Final Shirt

by Chris | 9th, February 2011

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By Chris Wright

Thanks to the hyper-sensitive times in which we live, the shirt worn by striker David Trezeguet during France’s 1998 World Cup win over Brazil has been destroyed by airport officials.

Les Bleus fan Olivier Demolis bought the shirt off eBay for over £6,000 (€7,350 to be precise), only for customs workers to burn the shirt to cinders on it’s arrival in France after mistaking it for a counterfeit knock-off, due to a stretch of dodgy-looking stitching.

Demolis, an electrician by trade, told Le Dauphine newspaper:

“It was a well-known seller and the jersey was official. It was the last piece in my collection.

“I paid €7,350 for it. That was €3,350 in cash plus two jerseys from my own collection, an ‘Anelka’ France one and one of ‘Grichting’ from Auxerre.

“I was prepared to pay so much because those French jerseys from 98 are very hard to come across. There are only six in circulation: a ‘Zidane’, a ‘Trezeguet’, a ‘Desailly’, a ‘Boghossian’ and two ‘Guivarc’hs’.

When I went to get it they told me the shirt had been destroyed by customs because it was counterfeit. I went mad.”

I should coco, but at least he’ll be able to dry his tears on one of the other classic France shirts he has in his collection, which includes two valuable numbers stained by the sweat of the great Zinedine Zidane himself.

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10 Responses to “Airport Customs Destroy £6,000 Trezeguet World Cup Final Shirt”

1. Ruperto says:

   February 10, 2011 at 1:00 am

   He Should Sue The Airport

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2. TravisKOP says:

   February 10, 2011 at 2:23 am

   i would fucking tear those idiots that burned it to pieces. fucking stupid cunts ruined a class piece of football paraphernalia

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3. SDMichael says:

   February 10, 2011 at 7:51 am

   Forgive this American’s ignorance, but… Since when are airport customs officials responsible for enforcing property copyright laws regarding counterfeit goods, especially when involving a single article of clothing (rather than a whole freight ship full)? Seems like a law designed to result in these kinds of incidents.

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4. Trezeguet’s 1998 World Cup Final Shirt Destroyed by Customs - Football Shirts News says:

   February 10, 2011 at 9:17 am

   [...] Source Posted on February 10th, 2011 in Football Stories,France – Copyright Football Shirts News © 2011 [...]

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5. Anonymous says:

   February 10, 2011 at 9:29 am

   [...] meanwhile somewhere in france [...]

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6. SamHumphreys says:

   February 10, 2011 at 10:09 am

   So his two shirts were worth exactly €2000?

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7. chimpo says:

   February 10, 2011 at 1:46 pm

   David… tres Gay

   hur hur

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8. RedSkywalker says:

   February 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm

   hur hur hur hur

   I would’ve gone berserk too.

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9. Sleeba says:

   February 10, 2011 at 4:02 pm

   …not Liverpool fans by any chance??

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10. Jelle says:

    February 10, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    Basturts who did it: forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3387197&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1
    But at least I had a chance to deepthroat Baby Dioufy after the old firm game

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