Footballers and their social media habits are fast becoming a great thing for every football fan to embrace. Today, we take a look at five of the most retweeted tweets by footballers ever.
5. Neymar - 42 212 Retweets
Brazil's biggest star makes his way onto our list with a tweet which read "Que o Senhor Deus nos abençoe e nos proja!! #EmBuscaDeUmSonho". This roughly translates to "May the Lord bless us and protect us". The sentiment behind this tweet was obviously echoed all over the world.
4. Luis Suarez – 70 999 Retweets
One of the biggest talking points of the summer gone by was Luis Suarez's bite, and after his controversial incident with Giorgio Chiellini, he issued a public apology to the Italian defender via social media, which went viral.
3. Lucas Podolski – 91 330 Retweets
The Premier League's king of selfies makes our top three courtesy of his tweet containing a picture of him and Bastian Schweinsteiger after winning the World Cup. Fans loved it and gave it thousands of retweets due to its sheer epic-ness.
2. Giorgio Chiellini - 97 388
Sticking with the World Cup theme, Juventus' Giorgio Chiellini responded to Luis Suarez's apology with a great showing of sportsmanship, accepting Suarez's apology and tweeting "@luis16suarez It's all forgotten. I hope FIFA reduce your suspension." Chiellini's followers loved it!
1. Mario Balotelli – 172 642
And here we are with the best tweet of the year, with the honour going to the Italian maverick, Mario Balotelli, who tweeted "If we beat Costa Rica I want a kiss, obviously on the cheek, from the UK Queen." Balotelli is an incredibly popular figure on social media, and it's hardly surprising to see that so many people showed appreciation for his quirky sense of humour.
And that's the best of the best of football tweets for 2014.
Which tweet do you think was the best?
