Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski is set to make the switch to Serie A with Inter Milan looking as the likely destination.
A move was always on the cards as the German had grown disillusioned with the amount of game time he was receiving at Arsenal this season and he had indirectly revealed on more than one occasion that he will move if the situation doesn’t change soon.
According to Corriere Dello Sport, Podolski will mostly join Inter on a loan deal in the upcoming January transfer window and the Italian side will have the option of signing him permanently in the summer. The transfer is progressing as Podolski has reportedly agreed on personal terms with Inter.
Podolski has been used very sparingly this season; he has appeared 13 times and most of them have been from the bench as he has a total of 327 minutes of game time under his belt. He has scored three times for the Gunners this season and all of them have come in the UEFA Champions League.
Since joining Arsenal for a fee of €12m in the summer of 2012, Podolski has made just 82 appearances for his club and has managed to score 31 goals. Despite being a bit part player for Arsenal in the last few seasons, he made the German World Cup squad and won a winners medal in the end. At 29, Podolski still has a few years of top level football left in him, but he’ll have to move if he wants regular game time. With Theo Walcott set to return, Podolski’s chances of getting into the first team diminishes even more as Arsenal already have Alexis Sanchez, Olivier Giroud and Danny Welbeck vying for the striker’s role in the team.
He will have a good chance of playing regularly at Inter as Mauro Icardi and Pablo Osvaldo will be his only competitions in the team.