UEFA have announced a ten-man shortlist for the 2014/15 UEFA Best Player in Europe award. Find out the final nominees here.
Click through the gallery attached to view all ten final nominees.
Messi is one of three FC Barcelona players, who will go up against last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
Juventus have five players on the short-list, which is completed by Chelsea's Eden Hazard.
This season marks the fifth edition of the award, with Lionel Messi (2011), Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry (2013) and Ronaldo (2014) being the previous winners.
Here the final ten nominees for the 2014/15 award, as announced by UEFA on Wednesday:
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal
FC Barcelona: Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez
Chelsea: Eden Hazard
Real Madrid: Cristiano Ronaldo
UEFA explained the voting process: " As in previous years, journalists from each of UEFA's 54 member associations provided a list of their five best-ranked players, with the first receiving five points, the second four and so on. The ten players with the most points have advanced to the second vote, which will determine the three finalists to be named on 12 August.
"The jury will then cast their votes for the outright winner during the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 28 August."
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