Neymar welcomes 'best friend' Messi to PSG: 3 other friendships in football

Brazilian forward, Neymar has welcomed his best pal, Lionel Messi to PSG. Messi is in Paris to undergo his medicals before completing his move to the French giants. Neymar and Messi were two of the fearsome trio at Barcelona that also featured Uruguayan, Luis Suarez. Together, the 3 South Americans scored over 400 goals and made over 150 assists. We will look at 3 other top friendships in football. 

Cristiano Ronaldo & Marcelo: Messi's eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo also has a best pal from Brazil. Left-back Marcelo was the closest player to Ronaldo when he was at the Santiago Bernabeu. Both of them could be seen doing goal celebratory moves together and cooking up off-the-field pranks. It is rumoured that Marcelo might be open to joining the Portuguese at Juventus. 

Marco Reus & Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund): German internationals, Reus and Gotze are best of friends from their days together in the German youth teams. Reus missed his best friend when Gotze moved to Bayern Munich and confessed that he would give any amount to have Gotze back at the Signal Iduna Park. His wish got fulfilled as Gotze came back to play with his best pal. 

Cesc Fabregas & Gerard Pique: The Spanish internationals met while at Barcelona's academy, the La Masia. Despite Fabregas leaving the Spanish giants at an early age, the two players remained best friends. It is rumoured that Pique was a major party in engineering Fabregas' return to Camp Nou.