Best’s medals, trophies for sale

A COLLECTION of medals and trophies awarded to footballing genius George Best are going under the hammer.

Belfast-born Best became a hero at Manchester United before his life-long battle with drink prematurely ended his glittering career.

Among the items up for sale is Best’s European Cup winner’s medal from 1968. He scored one of the goals in the game that saw United triumph 4-1 over a Benfica team that included Eusebio and the medal is estimated to make between £90,000 and £120,000 (€105,636 and €140,855).