Germany forward Lukas Podolski is to quit Cologne at the end of the season to join Arsenal for €13 million, according to reports.
The German club, currently 14th in the Bundesliga, made no confirmation of the claims but daily newspaper Bild said Podolski had accepted terms with the English Premier League side.
Cologne-based newspaper Express claim the only thing missing is Podolski's signature on the Arsenal contract.
Both Cologne's press officer and Podolski's agent, Kon Schramm, refused to comment on the reports when approached by German agency SID, an AFP subsidiary.
Bild claim Podolski has agreed terms on a four-year deal that will see him earn an annual salary of around seven million euros ($9.2 million), while British tabloid the Daily Mail ran the headline "Podolski is a Gunner".
The only comment Podolski has given on the matter is to say: "I will give everything I have to the very end" after Cologne's 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim last Saturday.
The 26-year-old was laying low today and missed training with a gastrointestinal infection, but the club hope to have him available for Saturday's German league match...
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