The tissue Argentine football star Lionel Messi used is being sold for Sh109 million.
According to culture media outlet Hypebeast, the tissue used by the latest PSG striker is being sold on the premise that it contains the five-time Ballon D’Or winner’s ‘genetic material’ that can be used to create a clone of the football star.
This is reminiscent of the moment rapper Drake sold lint he picked from Golden State Warriors’ point guard Steph Curry’s hair during an NBA game in March 2019.
The bid went as high as Sh8.6 million.
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Michael Jordan is laughing all the way to the bank after PSG, the football club his franchise ‘Air Jordan’ sponsors, earned up to Sh15.4billion following shirt sales.
Air Jordan and PSG’s partnership began in 2018, and was extended to 2022 in a deal reportedly worth Sh25.6 billion that sees Jordan earn five per cent of the shirt sales.
PSG sold shirt sale rights to Nike Air Jordan in a deal worth Sh10.2 billion but now seeks to renegotiate the deal to at least 10-15 per cent of sales after their shirt sales went through the roof following the biggest transfer ever in the world football.
AS Media from Spain reports PSG sold 150,000 'Messi 30' shirts within seven minutes of the deal being announced. A total of 832,000 shirts went by the end of the day. To date, more than a million orders have been made in physical and online stores.
