Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has gifted Pope Francis a signed Lisandro Martinez Manchester United shirt during a trip to The Vatican on Thursday.
Pope Francis hails from Argentina, the country whom Martinez won the World Cup with in December. Burnham was meeting the Holy Father with a group of religious and civic leaders from Greater Manchester who made a pledge to tackle climate change.
During the private meeting, Burnham presented The Pope with the framed signed United jersey sent by Martinez himself. Earlier in the day, the Labour politician tweeted: “Good morning @LisandrMartinez. We are about to give your gift to the Holy Father!”
