Ian Wright memorabilia sold in the US after Arsenal legend’s ex-wife ‘failed to keep up payments on a storage unit’

Arsenal legend Ian Wright is said to be fuming after learning that memorabilia from his illustrious football career has been sold in the US – because his ex-wife Deborah ‘failed to keep up payments on a storage unit’.

The Sun reported that a mystery buyer purchased the Wright’s items for £7million, after the paraphernalia was repossessed in Orlando, Florida.

When informed by The Sun – for who he writes a weekly column – Wright admitted he was ‘really sad’ at the news.

“It's a sad situation when you have been trying for so long to get your memorabilia back and then find out it’s turned up in a lock-up in America which has now been repossessed,” said Wright.

“It's just really sad that it has come to this.”

The items, around 500 all in all, are said to include 35 trophies and awards, and a signed ‘185’ shirt given to him after he became Arsenal’s record goalscorer.

Wright married Deborah in 1993. They separated in 2004, and it is claimed that she has rented the storage unit in Orlando since.

The American mystery buyer is said to have bought the contents from Craigslist, after it was initially auctioned in what has been described as a ‘Storage Hunters-style’ auction.

The contents are now said to be available on a website called ‘County-Cards.com’.

“I searched all of America looking for soccer jerseys to buy and I came across the picture of the framed ‘Thank You 185 jersey’ which caught my eye,” said the buyer – who wishes to remain anonymous – told The Sun.

“The guy who was selling it said he bought storage units for a living and one of the recent auctions he went to they were auctioning off Ian Wright’s ex-wife’s unit.”