With Messi being a freak of nature, any player including Pele , Maradona and now CR7 would be under his shadow. But let’s assume,Messi somehow does not exist, how would CR7 be viewed? Would he be the undisputed greatest like Micheal Jordon for football, considering all the league titles and champions league he lost to Messi’s Barcelona.
Messi is just Fifa’s favorite pet, if Messi was supposed to win the BDR during covid, they would hold the ceremony. But because Lewa earned it they didn’t. The joke of a world cup was won by a team that got 5 penalties gifted to them while playing the most dirty football in the tournament and should have had multiple red cards in more than 1 match. And after that robbing Haaland of winning the BDR just so Fifa’s little pet can have his last one.
If anything Messi being the Goat of football is just a mockery of the sport but FIFA itself is corrupt af so thats not surprising.