UEFA has put the kibosh on the proposed introduction of genetically modified footballers after it issued a decree banning the technology from European football.
Biotech proponents had hoped to produce players designed to withstand common football injuries such as hamstring or ankle strains.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, whose teams have long been plagued by injuries, was a vocal supporter of the scheme. However, UEFA chairman Michel Platini is known to favour more traditionally lucrative methods of treatment such as expensive drugs and replacement signings from non-European leagues.
West Brom manager Tony Pulis expressed his agreement with the ban, telling reporters he believed kicks to the shin helped toughen up players' immune systems.
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