Friday's latest stories from the world of football in ESPN FC's What's Trending...
FIFA: FIFA has lifted its four-game ban on Barcelona star Lionel Messi after a successful appeal by the Argentine Football Association, world football's governing body has announced.
MAN UNITED: A late Marcus Rashford free kick helped Man United to a 1-0 first-leg win against Celta Vigo in the Europa League semifinals.
- Jose Mourinho will stick with his plan to make wholesale changes to his Manchester United team for Sunday's Premier League clash with Arsenal but insists his players will still "fight" for a positive result at the Emirates.
- Mourinho has suggested that his long-running feud with Arsene Wenger is over by telling the Arsenal manager he does not need to "make peace" ahead of Manchester United's Premier League trip to the Emirates on Sunday.
- Celta Vigo goalkeeper Sergio Alvarez has taken responsibility for Rashford's winner for Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa League semifinal.
CHELSEA: Chelsea have not ruled out the possibility of remaining at Stamford Bridge until the summer of 2020 because of delays in the stadium redevelopment project, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
ARSENAL: The Gunners are trailing behind Atletico Madrid in their pursuit of Lyon's 31-goal Alexandre Lacazette. More in our Transfer Talk blog.
- Arsene Wenger says he is ready "for peace" with Jose Mourinho as the two managers renew their long-standing rivalry this weekend.
REAL MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says that Cristiano Ronaldo himself deserves the credit for a late-season burst of form which has made him favourite to claim the 2017 Ballon d'Or.
- Alvaro Morata has said he almost gave up football and took up tennis when he became disillusioned as a youngster in the Atletico Madrid academy.
- Real Madrid have failed in a court challenge to block the sale of a version of the club's shirt based on how it looked during Spain's short-lived 1930s republic.
EVERTON: Everton defender Seamus Coleman has signed a new contract committing him to Everton until 2022. Coleman, 28, is recovering from a double fracture in his right leg suffered while playing for Republic of Ireland in March.
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher's son has signed for Wigan Athletic's academy. James Carragher had joined Liverpool's academy as an under-8 in 2011 but has now moved on to Wigan, who were last week relegated to League One.
TOTTENHAM: Mauricio Pochettino has targeted Champions League glory with Tottenham Hotspur, and says he is already thinking of ways to make next season better than this one.
SERIE A: Torino president Urbano Cairo has told La Gazzetta dello Sport he expects forward Andrea Belotti, who has scored 25 goals in 31 Serie A appearances this season, to stay.
NICE: Roberto Mancini says Mario Balotelli had the talent to be at the same level as Cristiano Ronaldo and can only blame himself for coming up short. "He should've been at the level of Ronaldo," said Mancini.
JUVENTUS: After a convincing 2-0 win away to Monaco in the Champions League, the Old Lady remains in the top spot of ESPN FC's weekly Power Rankings.
- Key to that win against Monaco was the play of Dani Alves. Gab Marcotti explains how Barcelona let him get away. WATCH.
BAYERN MUNICH: Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena home will be upgraded in €10 million programme of work this summer.
DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra has taken another step towards a return to action just after a month after he was injured in the attack on the BVB team bus.
ATLETICO MADRID: Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has said Atletico Madrid have been chasing Alexandre Lacazette for the last two years.
PSG: Paris Saint-Germain are interested in Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang but their focus remains on Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez, a source close to the club has told ESPN FC.
- Angel Di Maria and Thiago Motta will both be available for the French champions' final match of the Ligue 1 season after the pair were handed two-game bans for their dismissals in last Sunday's 3-1 defeat away at Nice.
EVERTON: Everton manager Ronald Koeman hopes to see winger Aaron Lennon back in his squad soon but admits the player's well-being is paramount after the club revealed he was suffering from a stress-related illness.
TOTTENHAM: Mauricio Pochettino has described Daniel Levy as the most important person at Tottenham, and says no one is working harder than the chairman to turn the club into a superpower.
- Slaven Bilic, Pochettino's opposite number for Spurs' Friday match against West Ham, believes his team can learn from the recent success Tottenham have had under the Argentine manager.
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool forward Philippe Coutinho is having his fitness managed to maximise his chances of being able to play against Southampton on Sunday, sources have told ESPN FC.
ARGENTINA: Lionel Messi's lawyer, Juan de Dios Crespo, told ESPN FC Radio in Argentina that he left the appeal hearing to overturn his client's hearing to overturn a four-match World Cup qualifying ban "feeling satisfied."
LEICESTER CITY: Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare expects Kasper Schmeichel to stay with the Foxes. The goalkeeper has been linked with a move from the King Power Stadium now they cannot offer Champions League football next season.
MLS: In an effort to strengthen a bid to acquire an MLS expansion franchise, Nashville Soccer Holdings LLC has acquired a majority interest in DMD Soccer, the owner of USL expansion side Nashville SC.
BAYERN MUNICH: Bayern Munich full-back Rafinha is open to a move to the Premier League. The 31-year-old from Brazil has started just nine Bundesliga matches for the club this season, but revealed he's been the subject of offers from Prem clubs.
BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH: Fabian Johnson has confirmed that he is in talks over a new contract as he nears a comeback after eight matches out with injury.
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