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Alexander Isak, a substitute in Turkey, is still way short of full match fitness following his drawn-out and acrimonious British record £125m move from Newcastle United.

Business groups fought to repeal the city’s $30 minimum wage for tourism workers, but in early September fell short of securing the minimum number of signatures needed to qualify their initiative for the ballot.

In front of their home fans, all of the pre-match pressure was on India but they lay down a marker as one of the tournament favourites despite being short of their best.

Howe stopped short of being dragged into a war of words with Rummenigge, but defended the club's outlay.

He stopped short of repeating his accusation, made on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, that Farage's immigration policies are "racist".