Lukas Podolski ending his career in Asia (but not Chinese Super League)

Lukas Podolski’s hammer of a left foot has earned him 129 caps for Germany and a stellar club career.

He’s won the World Cup, Bundesliga and six domestic honours across Germany, Arsenal and Turkey.

But time is catching up with the 31-year-old Galatasaray forward, and now he’s reportedly set for one final big move to Asia.

While most players his age are opting to seek the riches of the Chinese Super League, Podolski is moving to J. League side Vissel Kobe.

The German will join Vissel in the summer for a fee of around £2million, according to beIN SPORTS.

Podolski’s arrival would be a massive coup for a side who haven’t finished higher than seventh in the J. League since the entering the top flight in 1997.

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Despite only playing 13 times in the league for Galatasaray this season Podolski has still showed flashes of class, such as the five goals he netted in a Turkish Cup clash against 24 Erzincanspor.

He’d be the most high profile arrival since Michael Laudrup left Real Madrid for Vissel in 1996, spending just one season in Japan before ending his career with Ajax,

Vissel’s squad is almost entirely comprised of domestic players, aside from three Brazilians and South Korean goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu.

So Podolski will have little option but to throw himself head first into the culture.

His initiation song will be a doddle though, given he’s already gone number one in the German charts.

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