Messi is a great player; Ronaldo a great goal scorer

There have been unending debates about who is the better football player between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and the arguments for and against either player as between them, they have won the last six FIFA Ballob d’Or titles between them.
Cryuff can be said to be biased in his choice of who the better player is as the Dutch maverick played for and coached Barcelona.
“I’ve always liked smaller, more technically gifted players because I was one.“
“Cristiano [Ronaldo] is a great player but he’s a goal scorer. He’ll never be that creative player you build a team around, the one in charge of how a team plays.”