Arsenal’s German forward Lukas Podolski has sealed a move to Turkish giants Galatasaray.
BREAKING: @Podolski10 to complete move from @Arsenal to @GalatasaraySK this afternoon. #SSNHQ
— Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) July 4, 2015
Galatasaray has officially confirmed the signing in their official Twitter account.
Germany number 10 Lukas Podolski will officially sign the contract at the Türk Telekom Arena today at 16:30 local time, 15:30 CET.
— Galatasaray EN (@Galatasaray) July 4, 2015
LigTV in Turkey has reported that Podolski is set to sign a three-year deal with Galatasaray after completing a medical.
Bild said the Turkish club would pay €4 million to release the forward from his Arsenal contract.
Here is a tweet with pictures of the World Cup Winner at Istanbul with Galatasaray fans.
Podolski stigao u Istanbul, na pragu potpisa za Galatasaray #AA pic.twitter.com/TaisFp9kjC
— ANADOLU AGENCY (BHS) (@aa_balkans) July 4, 2015
The 30 year old German is out of favour at Asrenal and spent the second half of previous season on loan at Inter and could not impress there.
The former Bayern player had signed for Arsenal in 2012 and never got consistent first team oppertunities.
Although, his stats at Arsenal is very good.
Lukas Podolski at Arsenal: 55 starts (27 sub) 31 Goals 13 Assists Good luck at Galatasaray @Podolski10 #aha
— Arsenal News (@__arsenal_news_) July 2, 2015
The forward has 125 International caps to his name scoring 48 goals.