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.
Arguably Messi’s presence at the record books is one of the reasons that pushed Cristiano Ronaldo to perform even better. Maybe without Messi, CR7 might just be another “Galactico” instead of someone phenomenal.