Former Newcastle United and England star Alan Shearer hilariously revealed he once nearly threw away Diego Simeone's shirt from the infamous clash with Argentina in 1998. 

The match was famously remembered for David Beckham being sent off early on in the second half when the score was 2-2. Coincidentally, Shearer scored England's first goal in the round of 16 clash with the South American side.

In typical England fashion, they would go on to lose on penalties, with many blaming Beckham for the defeat.

However, many fans may not know that Shearer actually got Simeone's shirt from the game and opted to keep it.

On the recent episode of The Rest is Football podcast, Shearer revealed to Gary Lineker and Micah Richards that he nearly threw the iconic shirt away.

'I've actually got Simeone's shirt from that game,' said Shearer.

'I was moving house a couple of years ago and I said to my son, 'I don't know what's in the loft but I can't get up there now, you're going to have to go up there for me', and he came down with two black bin bags full of old tops.'

Shearer, who scored 30 goals in 63 games for his country, revealed he was frustrated and told his son to throw the jersey away. 

'I said, 'I'm just going to chuck them', because I was frustrated, 'just chuck them in a skip, I don't want them'. But he said, 'you can't chuck them out dad!'

'He went through them all and Simeone's top was in there and he's got that now.

The 53-year-old is certainly glad he did not get rid of the shirt and jokingly claims that his son is 'probably sat on an absolute fortune.' 

'In the current climate he's probably sat on an absolute fortune, the way tops are selling nowadays.

'I might ask for it back off of him now!'