Teams that have won the CL were performing at their peak whether that is Porto, Chelsea or Madrid. They had consistent ballers throughout the team, no single player has carried a team to CL glory. Barcelona tridents were amazing but they still had Xavi, Iniesta and Puyol likewise Madrid had prime Modric, Marcelo, , Kroos, Ramos, Casillas and so on. Ronaldo won't win a CL if he goes back to Madrid, they are a long way off their triple CL winning days. We need a clear game plan and a style where Ronaldo doesn't have to carry us, where the midfield can also assist and score goals otherwise we are just wasting our luxury player.
Exactly, currently we have some good to excellent players like De Ligt, Cuadrado, Szczesny, Chiesa, Danilo, Dybala, Sandro, Morata and Ronaldo. We are a couple of midfielders and rotation players away from a top squad but none of that matters unless Pirlo can fuse them together to play ruthless, dominating, winning football. Locatelli could be great but can Pirlo utilise him and the likes of Dybala and Bentancur who both were excellent under Allegri and have fallen off badly since he left.
