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Tony Currie, the artist behind the work, said at the BBC that the sculpture had been approved by Best's family, and that's what was most important. "Everyone has the right to have an opinion. [. . .] But all those who are important to the statue, his family and his fans, they all agreed that it was a good resemblance and that was enough for me. He said speaking of the process of creating the statue, he said, "I tried to make a clay mockup of his head and show it to your friends and family and they all thought that it was a good resemblance "
The best statue joins the ranks of strange sports sculptures from around the world, with the aforementioned Ronaldo bust, a statue of tennis star Andy Murray inexplicably inspired by the Chinese terracotta warrior, this unique rendition of the star's portrait. Egyptian football Mo Salah and this particular work portraying the superstar of Argentine football Diego Maradona.
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