Endrick, a new football star recruited to Real Madrid, quoted Cristiano Ronaldo as his idol. This is also seen with Haaland, Mbappe, Saka, Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Kvara. So many young players today all state Ronaldo as an influence for them. Messi has more accolades than Ronaldo, but the only young players I can think that stated him as an influence is Julian Alvarez and Jude Bellingham. Why do you think most young players respect and admire Ronaldo more than Messi?
I look up to Hazard. Being crazy talented, being proud of not putting in the work that others do, destroying the Premier League, getting your dream transfer, playing three decent matches, getting fired, retiring because you no longer care.
This all whilst his most controversial moment of pitch was that he was eating a Hamburger outside the stadium after being subbed of during an international match.