BREAKING: Nightmare for Barcelona as Messi, Iniesta and three other star players pick up injuries on return from international duty

​Gradually the Barcelona players are returning from international duty and there are five that will need to be assessed by medical staff after having had injuries.

There is most concern as is logical over Lionel Messi, due to his role in the team rather than his injury, and he was not able to play for Argentina in both their games due to a hamstring strain that is not serious.

Marc Andre Ter Stegen missed Germany’s second international game due to a knee problem but as was the case with Messi, it was more likely to be just precautionary.

In a worse state is Lucas Digne who picked up the strain playing for France against Colombia and missed the following match against Russia, but even his injury is not important.

Finally, Andres Iniesta (ankle) and Gerard Pique (knee) picked up knocks with Spain in their clash against Argentina.