Podolski to join Gunners

Germany striker Lukas Podolski will join Arsenal for the start of next season for an undisclosed fee, his current club Cologne have confirmed.

The 26-year-old, who started his career at Cologne before rejoining them in 2009 after an unhappy three-year spell at Bayern Munich, added on the club's official website: “I have made this decision not against Cologne but for this great opportunity and the good of my own individual development.