Messi was considered GOAT tier way back under the Pep days...he was the one who was compared with Pele and Maradona.
CR7 was never considered a serious GOAT tier until those RM CLs. And even still, he's always been compared to Messi, not Maradona or Pele. The national trophies had little to do with it really.
To me, the hierarchy is pretty clear. If you combine resume (trophies, individual and team), peak level and skill level, it's:
Tier 1: Maradona, Messi, Pele in whichever order
Tier 1.5: Cruyff, CR7, Beckenbauer, DiStefano, in whichever order
i mean, were talking about the very freaking best ever. this is not a bad category nor group of players to be bunched in with