but then where is the evidence of what I'm talking about? here:
Messi:
32 games, 16 goals, 16 assists
Mbappe:
33 games, 28 goals, 5 assists
Haaland:
35 games, 36 goals, 8 assists
these are statistics of just the games in the leagues they play in, there is nothing about cups or the European league, and these players scored fewer goals from penalties and are playing against very strong opponents
and now look at ronaldo:
16 games, 14 goals, 2 assists
1 - scored many penalties
2 - has few assists even playing in a much lower league
3 - only has 14 goals even playing in a league without quality and against very weak opponents
ronaldo in the world cup was off, ronaldo in manchester united was off and now in this lower league it's the same thing, but as the arabs are specialists in marketing they are pushing ronaldo's image to look good
I am not arguing against it as Messi is the best player in the world in my opinion and he has been the best for a very long time. He would have been the best in my opinion even if he didn't win the World Cup. The issue with this World Cup title and whether or not someone is the best is that some players will never win a World Cup title. What happens if there is this amazing player from Luxembourg? Will he ever win the World Cup? This is just theory, but there is a chance that very small countries raise a very great talent. Can that player never objectively be the best because he was born in the wrong country? That is why I dislike the discussion about the World Cup title and that someone must win it.