Ronaldo is not even close to being in the top four. Cruyff was astoundingly better. Zidane was astoundingly better. Zico was astoundingly better. Ronaldo is a legendary scorer and an athletic specimen. In terms of the greatest footballer list, he might not be in the top ten.

This is one of if not the worst take in soccer I’ve ever heard.. it’s Messi and Ronaldo and then everyone else. you don’t just win everything Ronaldo won and score as many goals as he has for the best team in the world like Real Madrid by being really fast and speedy and an athlete 😂 even zidane himself knows he doesn’t hold a candle to ronaldo’s genius. Ronaldo was a genius in everything: dribbling, IQ, vision, control, positioning, shooting, speed. There is nothing Ronaldo couldn’t do. Just bc you prefer an elegant slow dribble like zidane doesn’t mean objectively he’s better. Ronaldo did everything zidane could do with the ball x10. Literally and figuratively lol he literally scored more than 10x what zidane scored. All his goals were from anywhere on the field- which means, In terms of dribbling and skill, He could dribble from anywhere on the field, left, right, center, from the half, receive a long ball from 50 yards out with a defender on him and control, make a move or dribble and score. Zidane couldn’t dribble that many opponents to then get open and make an important assist or score. He was limited compared to Ronaldo. He was a slow elegant type is what he was. Even zidane could only do some of what Ronaldo did a handful of times in his career. Ronaldo made impossible dribbles and assists and goals on a yearly basis. Zidane had the Leverkusen volley. Ronaldo had the bicycle kick against juventus. Bicycle kick much more impressive and difficult and technical lol Maradona and pele had potential to be as good as Ronaldo or messi but never did: maradona bc he didn’t take care of himself or seem to want to put in effort or care about his career. And that to me is a failure and makes him less of a player. Pele bc he never went to play in the best leagues and clubs.

Im not sure Ronaldo is a definitive number 2, but your take is definitely closer to reality than Gads one. Ronaldo could really do everything, he chose to develop as an insane goal scorer with out of the world stats and thats what he did. Became an athletic machine that could keep it up beyond what others are capable. I also enjoy Messis calm, calculated and elegant style more, but putting down Ronaldo (opportunistic goal scorer in world class team lol) is simplistic thinking.

I actually meant it as Ronaldo Messi are tied in first place. I can’t distinguish between the two. But if Messi wins this World Cup maybe he goes a little ahead. I don’t have a problem with ppl who say Messi is better. It’s so close so it doesn’t bother me. But it’s my opinion Ronaldo and Messi currently tied