True friendship: Clemens Fritz and Per Mertesacker have more than just football in common. The two were roommates for the whole five years they had together at Werder. “Clemens is one of the few true friends I’ve made during my footballing career,” said Mertesacker. The defender also spoke about the funny side of the pair’s friendship: “I had no sense of fashion at all when I met Clemens.” “It’s no secret that we’re still friends. Per was already my favourite player to play with,” said Fritz. The Werder legend will line up alongside other big names like Michael Ballack, Petr Cech, Miroslav Klose, Claudio Pizarro and Tim Wiese next month for “Mertes Homecoming” in Hannover’s HDI-Arena.