With uncertainty over a contract that expires in a year with Barcelona and two new managers to come in the next months, Leo Messi faces a career crossroads 

Lionel Messi crashing face-first into the Camp Nou turf on Wednesday evening was the lasting image as Barcelona limped out of the Champions League having been unable to find a way through Juventus’ impenetrable defence over two legs and while the Blaugrana dissect their failure, the world’s best player faces a summer of uncertainty at club level and internationally.

This Sunday’s clasico could put the final nail in the coffin for Barcelona’s La Liga hopes and with only a Copa del Rey final against Alaves to come, regardless of Luis Enrique’s decision to walk away at the end of the season, it feels like the end of the 46-year-old’s cycle at the Camp Nou.

Such is the expectation at the very top, a season without either La Liga or Champions League glory is a failure and so once more the Catalan giants are in the market for a coach to regain their grip on European football.