Arsenal keen on Lukas Podolski

Arsenal are keen on bringing FC Koln striker Lukas Podolski to the Emirates, according to reports.

Podolski, whose contract expires at the end of next season, has been priced at £12.5m, with the club resigned to losing him following a falling out with the club's director of sport Volker Finke, according to The Mirror.

Meanwhile, Arsenal scouts are understood to have been watching the forward for several months.

The 26-year-old spent three seasons at Bayern Munich between 2006 and 2009 before returning to his boyhood club two seasons ago. He has scored 14 goals in league competition this season.