Renowned scientist Arcadi Navarro reveals he can clone another Messi using technology
According to the specialist in genetics, it could be possible to “clone” the 31-year-old Barça forward.
Yes, you read that right.
Arcadi Navarro told Mundo Deportivo that it would be possible to make a “twin” of the five-time Ballon d’Or winner with the current techniques at their disposal.
“Yes, you could clone Messi with the current techniques,” he told the Spanish newspaper.
“We would get a being very similar to Messi, the result would be a Messi twin. As if two twins were born and we would have frozen it for 20 or 30 years.”
He claimed that the Barcelona talisman would arrive like a baby with the same potential of becoming one the best ever in the sport.
Navarro, who is head of the European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA) made the claim during an interview on Spanish radio station Cadena SER.
Navarro said: “Yes, Messi could be cloned with current techniques. “We would achieve a being very similar to Messi, the result would look like Messi’s twin, as if two twins had been born and we had frozen one of them for 20 or 30 years.”
However, there is no guarantee that the Mini-Messi would end up being as good as the real one – because of environmental and educational impacts as well as experience.
The real Messi left Newell’s Old Boys in Argentina to join Barcelona as a 13-year-old. He was treated for growth hormone deficiency for four years from when he was 10 till age 14.