Arsenal’s German International is set to make a permanent switch to Turkish giants Galatasaray as confirmed by the club’s official Twitter account. The player is set to sign a contract later today in front of the their fans.

Podolski, 30, played the second half of last season on loan at Inter Milan scoring just a single goal, which has failed to impress Arsene Wenger. On Friday, Bild confirmed that Podolski’s agent had revealed that the player has decided to leave the Emirates in search of first team football.

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

Galatasaray have been a long time admirers of the German and tried to sign him before he moved to Arsenal. It has been reported that Arsenal would be paid a fee of around £2.5million for the winger.

Everyone at Soccersouls wish him the very best at Turkey.