wow - thank you for the link, there's certainly lots to read!

Just goes to show the theories weren't so crackpot after all, eh?

I wish there were more friendship stories in general in the football fandom (though I can understand your desire for a thousand just about Victor and Andres - it seems such an awesome long standing friendship) - there are just so many close friendships in football but you don't see (or I haven't seen) stories that explore the friendships as just friendships.