Arsenal have agreed the sale of Lukas Podolski for just £1.4million, according to reports in Turkey. Arsene Wenger was desperate to get the high earning Podolski off the wage bill, hence the minimal fee.
Podolski had recently suggested that he would only remain at The Emirates this summer if he played regularly in the first team. That was clearly not going to happen as the German has been on the fringes for the last 12 months.
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Arsenal did not have much bargaining power in any deal for Podolski due to him having just one year left on his current deal and his poor form, high wages and age have led to suitors being limited and unwilling to pay much.
Inter Milan had previously chosen not to take up a £5million buy option on Podolski’s loan contract.
€2million is what reports in Turkey suggest the fee is that Arsenal and Galatasaray have agreed on. It’s a very low figure but it shows that the main aim of this transfer was for Wenger to get Podolski, who earns around £95,000 per-week, off the wage bill.