Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have enjoyed a rollercoaster five years together.
The Liverpool pair have spent the best years of their careers ripping apart defences across England and Europe on their way to Premier League and Champions League glory.
But now, 3,300 miles away from Merseyside, they will set their friendship aside to go to battle in the pursuit of being crowned African kings.
Sadio Mane (left) and Mo Salah (right) will be rivals in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final
It seemed written in the stars from the moment the possibility arose at the end of the group stage that Mane and Salah, both 29, would square off in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final in Cameroon.