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5 POINTS: Patriots at home and abroad, Leicester's terrible title defence, Chelsea's underachievement and how Manchester United and Liverpool compare with New England.

Sportsmail columnist Martin Keown returns to answer more of your questions as we look ahead to the weekend's Premier League action.

Eddie Jones has made two changes to his starting line up for England's Six Nations showdown against Wales with Harlequins flanker Jack Clifford and Exeter winger Jack Nowell both recalled.

George North retains his place in a side which features two changes from the victory in Rome, with Rob Evans and Tomas Francis coming into the front row to replace Nicky Smith and Samson Lee.

Dietmar Hamann says club staff and players need to let go of their past achievements, which saw them dominate through much of the 1970s and 80s, and realise their true position in the game.

Mourinho is now entrusted with restoring the club to the top of the English game after several difficult years and United captain Rooney has praised the Portuguese's influence at Old Trafford.

The storm raging inside British Cycling continued on Thursday with Bob Howden stepping down as chairman. Howden follows chief executive Ian Drake in standing down from his position.

The Arsenal boss was asked specifically about Cech following his mistake in Saturday's loss at Chelsea when he gifted possession to Cesc Fabregas prior to the Blues' third goal.

JOE BERNSTEIN: Ten years after he christened the new Wembley with a goal for England Under 21s, Matt Derbyshire is enjoying a revival as the most prolific English striker anywhere in Europe.

Despite costing £14m last summer, Nolito has been on the periphery in 2017, having only been named on Guardiola’s bench for two league matches - against Burnley and Tottenham.

Lallana has just over two years of his current terms to run but he has never made any secret about wanting to stay for as long as possible and would be happy to finish his career on Merseyside.

CHARLES SALE: The war on illegal streaming of live football matches — the biggest threat to the Premier League’s £5billion TV rights deal — saw five people arrested in early-morning raids.

NEW Hitchen began work on Monday, resuming a role he previously performed under Harry Redknapp, but the appointment is not linked to Paul Mitchell's position as head of recruitment.

Lukaku's long-term future at Everton has been the topic of debate in recent months after another summer and January window where his name was consistently linked with Europe's top clubs.

Jurgen Klopp's side have yet to win a Premier League match in 2017 and have collected just three points from five matches, which has seen them drop out of the top four for the first time since September.

CHARLES SALE - SPORTS AGENDA: Newly-retired Frank Lampard has been in regular attendance at Chelsea over the last few weeks as he starts his coaching badges.

China's high-spending Shanghai Shenhua have apologised to fans after being dumped out of Asia's top club competition by Australian side Brisbane Roar.

Gordon Strachan insists his long-running feud with Sir Alex Ferguson is now over. The Scotland manager, celebrating his 60th birthday, once claimed Sir Alex ‘couldn’t be trusted an inch’.

Liverpool's woeful run of form in 2017 could continue for a while yet if Jurgen Klopp's ominous history of getting stuck in a rut repeats itself.

With Joe Hart’s career at the Etihad Stadium as good as over, and a £130,000-a-week contract that lasts until June 2019, the Manchester club are open to offers for the England international.

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe is not in any danger of losing his job despite the team failing to win a game since the start of the year, the club's chairman Jeff Mostyn has said.

The 23-year-old was the subject of a failed £5.2million bid from Chelsea at the end of last month and is out of contract in the summer.

CHRIS FOY: Elliot Daly's long-range goal-kicking prowess could be a vital weapon for England in Cardiff on Saturday – but it turns out that he doesn’t even practise much.

NIK SIMON: England coach Eddie Jones has joked he will toss a coin to decide if the stadium roof is closed in Cardiff on Saturday — but history shows it is an open and shut case.

A return to the England fold would offer Andy Carroll ‘another boost of confidence’, according to West Ham manager Slaven Bilic.

NEW Murray has some simple culinary advice for Roger Federer when he goes to Glasgow to play in his charity exhibition matches in November. Federer will appear at the 'Andy Murray Live' event.

Gordon Strachan jabs a finger in the direction of Muirhouse, a deprived desert with boarded-up windows he once called home. 'Irvine was just the guy round the corner.'

Sportsmail enlists former Grand Final winner and ex-Warrington, Leeds and Bradford half-back IESTYN HARRIS to highlight who he thinks can come to the fore as the new Super League season begins.

EXCLUSIVE: The organisers of the World Championships in London have decided not to use UK Anti-Doping for their drug testing, deciding instead to go with a cheaper German agency.

Just two points separate the Premier League’s bottom six — while Bournemouth’s poor form has seen them dragged back into the relegation scrap. Sportsmail's experts have analysed the battle.

Chelsea activated the clause in Nathan Ake's loan contract at Bournemouth last week but did not have one inserted in Cuadrado's unusual three-year loan in Turin.

Fifth-placed St Etienne slipped up again on the road against the top four in Ligue 1 and suffered a blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

Mesut Ozil may be better off leaving Arsenal and joining Bayern Munich if he wants to win major titles. That is according to the former Chelsea and Germany midfielder Michael Ballack.

Dean Bouzanis was heard on television microphones using the world 'gypsy' when he verbally clashed with Besart Berisha during the derby between Melbourne City and Victory on Saturday.

Gabriel Jesus has made a stunning start to life in England, scoring three times in his last two Premier League games, including a match-winning double against Swansea City at the weekend.

The Tigers appealed to FIFA in an attempt to force through a £9m move, following suggestions the paperwork for the deal was not submitted before the transfer window ended last week.

The Bath forward Taulupe Faletau has not played since suffering a knee injury on Christmas Eve, therefore missing last weekend's 33-7 victory over Italy in Rome, but is fit for Saturday.

England extended their impressive winning run to 15 matches with a hard-fought 19-16 victory over France in their opening game of the Six Nations on Saturday.

Ahlawat - who has played first-class cricket for Delhi and is highly thought of by former Indian opener Gautam Gambhir - crashed 39 sixes in his extraordinary knock for Maavi XI.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is confident there will be no trouble between Lewis Hamilton and his new team-mate Valtteri Bottas this season.

Josh Kelly has become the latest British boxer who competed at last year's Olympic Games to turn professional after signing a promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing.

O'Sullivan is back in action at this week's World Grand Prix in Preston, where he caused a stir by giving a bizarre interview to ITV Sport after his win over Chinese teenager Yan Bingtao on Tuesday.