For most professional sports these days, we end up spending a lot of time marveling at two different groups of athletes: the players who should be past their respective primes but keep playing at a particularly elite level, and those who are coming for the throne. The Patrick Mahomeses vs. the Tom Bradys, the Naomi Osakas vs. the Serena Williamses, etc.
This is particularly true in the world of soccer in 2021. You can't walk 10 feet without tripping over a "Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland vs. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo" narrative these days.