Austria drop Arnautovic for Germany clash

The decision came less than two weeks after the fiery striker was axed by his club Werder Bremen for unspecified reasons amid reports he had been in a nightclub two days before a Bundesliga match.

Arnautovic, who has scored three goals in Austria's qualifying campaign, also performed poorly when his national side lost successive matches to Belgium and Turkey in March, seriously denting their qualification hopes.

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