A Ferrari described as being “close to perfection” and was owned by former Blues player Robbie Տavage is set to be auctioned off for as much as £80,000.

The former Wales international is notorious for leaving the club in order to relocate closer to his family in Lancashire, where he is now playing for Blackburn Rovers.

But if he had driven his Ferrari F430 Spider, which he had purchased in 2006 when he was still working for Rovers, he most surely would have been able to complete the voyage in grand fashion.

It is anticipated that it will sell for between £70,000 and £80,000 at the H&H Classics auction that will take place in Duxford, Cambridgeshire on June 14. The auction will feature over one hundred classic, collector, and performance automobiles.

The H&H specialists remarked that the supercar, which had 25,000 miles on the odometer, drove “extremely well” and had recently had professional detailing.

The 193mph convertible was designed by the famed design studio Pininfarina, under the direction of styling supremo Frank Stephenson.

Stephenson is known for his work on historic cars such as the McLaren MP4-12C, Maserati MC12, the first ‘new’ MINI, and the resurrected Fiat 500. He oversaw the creation of the 193mph convertible.

According to motorsport journalist John Simister, writing in Evo magazine in 2013, the F430 was “regarded by most critics as, if not perfect, as close to theoretical Ferrari road-car perfection as a Ferrari had ever been.”

This statement was made in reference to the fact that the F430 was “if not perfect, as close to theoretical Ferrari road-car perfection as a Ferrari had ever been.”

It was also the first drop-top Ferrari to employ the company’s now-famous 4.3-liter V8 engine, which was paired to either a six-speed manual transmission or Ferrari’s ‘F1’ paddleshift transmission.

“The F430 was also the first Ferrari to be fitted with Ferrari’s ‘E-Diff’ electronic differential and F1-inspired ‘Mannetino’ – a rotary switch on the steering wheel that allows the driver to fine tune the car’s responses,” said a representative for H&H Classics.

“The F430 was also the first Ferrari to be fitted with Ferrari’s ‘E-Diff’ electronic differential.”