While Lionel Messi remains the marquee player for Inter Miami, one of his teammates recently made a striking comment in praise of Cristiano Ronaldo. Inter Miami have dominated the headlines in Major League Soccer for the past year and a half.

Viral posts claiming Ronaldo and Messi's sons scored an abundance of goals for their youth teams were untrue. But that's just the beginning.

The debate over who is the greatest continues. In a 2023 poll by The Athletic, former players were asked who had the better career. Ronaldo received 66% of the votes, while Messi got 34%. However, when asked which player they would have preferred to play alongside, Messi won overwhelmingly with 72% of the votes.