Endrick, a new football star recruited to Real Madrid, quoted Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. This is also seen with Haaland, Mbappe, Saka, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Kvara. So many young players today all state Ronaldo as an influence for them. Messi has more accolades than Ronaldo, but the only young players I can think that stated him as an influence is Julian Alvarez and Jude Bellingham. Why do you think most young players respect and admire Ronaldo more than Messi?
Because those players aren’t as famous and most aren’t as good. Are we really gonna claim that haaland, mbappe, saka and vini are comparable to foden, sane, gvardiol and alvarez? 2 of whom don’t even start for their club? Musiala is the only one here who currently has the chops to be compared imo