"The Germans might have won more World Cups than us but I couldn't stand by and let them win the FA Cup as well," he said.
"This is surely one of the country's most important items of sporting heritage and seemingly no-one was prepared to do anything about keeping the cup in the country.
"Neither the government nor the governing body of football seemed prepared to do anything proactive about it, which I think is outrageous, so I felt compelled to do something myself.
"I was in the lucky position of being able to preserve a historic piece of British sporting memorabilia."