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.
Without Ronaldo Messi would be the undisputed greatest and without Messi Ronaldo would be the undisputed greatest. These two were so far from every other player it’s actually pretty insane.