Just because they do tricks doesn't mean they don't have close control and tempo dribblings. Neymar exemplarily is excellent at it and he does it quite frequently. Ronaldinho was, too, and then there's also a certain Hazard. They may not be on Messi's level, true, but who is?
I think this is more a case of attention bias/self-fulfilling prophecy. I mean, the most "spectacularly" technically gifted players are probably Ronaldinho, Zidane, Neymar and R9 - all right footed players. The best free kick taker was Juninho and then there's a complete set of players who deserves a mention (Mihailovic, Beckham, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pirlo) - who's primarily right footed, too. The best crosser by far was Beckham and in today's game it is Alexander-Arnold. You just pay more attention to it if it is a left footed player. And if you go as far back as Maradona, you could/should also include Zico, Cruyff and Best - three of the best dribblers ever - who were all right footed.
What I am driving at is the dribbling
style, not the level. It's a very peculiar
style of dribbling that is very consistent with left-footed right-wingers for some reason. Now I am not saying they are better in any way than right-footed players, I am saying that there is
a consistent pattern of left-footed players playing this way.
For example, read this narration:
"the pacy winger is driving at the full-back, he drops a shoulder and beats his man on the inside, he's gone past the second, and he curls it into the top corner!"
If I asked you to name the player that comes to mind, it would most likely be one of
Messi, Robben, Bale, Salah, or Di Maria. Even to mention lesser players, Chukwueze over at Villareal. Even though Marco Reus plays predominantly on the left, it's the same dribbling pattern with him. i.e run at the defender with the ball exposed, drop a shoulder, and change direction rapidly.
Some right-footed players score these goals and dribble in the same way, such as Sterling and Hazard. But compared to lefties, it's not as noticeable as a trend. Ronaldinho certainly is one of the greatest dribblers of all time in my book. And I am not saying that any of Messi, Robben, Bale, Di Maria, or Salah are at a higher level (Messi speaks for himself).
I am just saying if you think of a left-footed winger, they most likely dribble in this way
by default whereas most right-footed wingers tend to
mix it up.
If you name 10 top-level left-footed wingers, I am sure at least 8 would be found to dribble in this way by default.