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22nd Jan 2016

PICS: A Lionel Messi lookalike is on trial at Celtic

Tom Victor

If you can’t get the real thing, a convincing lookalike will often do.

It’s worked for Limerick, who hit the headlines with Neymar lookalike Barry Cotter.

And when Gareth Bale left Tottenham, a very familiar figure emerged in the form of Kenneth McEvoy.

mcevoy

Now it’s the turn of Celtic.

After a decade of hoping and praying, it looks like they’ve finally given up on signing Lionel Messi.

How do we know? Well, they’ve handed a trial to Slaven Belupo midfielder Ljuban Crepulja, who bears more than a passing resemblance to the Argentine superstar.

https://twitter.com/90MinuteCynic/status/690540823218372608

Can he make the same impact as Messi? Almost certainly not, but the resemblance is uncanny.