The World Cup winning captain's former wife revealed the FA had told the family that the shirt was in the possession of an anonymous private buyer.
The shirt of the World Cup winner and England captain, Bobby Moore, has mysteriously gone missing.
Instead, the iconic piece of sporting history, possibly worth millions, is now with an anonymous private buyer. Ms Moore said she had last seen the jersey during the 1970s and 80s in a leather bag stored in the attic of a house she shared with the footballer in Essex.When the pair divorced in 1986, Ms Moore received Bobby's memorabilia.
Daughter, Roberta Moore, said:"It was all very strange. The information was vague. The shirt had been 'found at a general auction of an unknown deceased person'."It was hard to comprehend - how does the shirt go from being tucked in a bag in my mother's attic to an auction of a deceased person?"Tina Moore.
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