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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski took a step toward joining Inter Milan after traveling to Italy to meet with the team, BBC Sport reported on Friday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Italian club posted photographs of the German player holding the team's scarf over his head as he arrived at the Milan airport and greeted fans of the Serie A squad.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Podolski joined Arsenal from Cologne on an \u00A311 million deal in 2012. He has started only 39 times for the Gunners and has not started a Premier League game this season. In 82 matches with Arsenal, he has scored 31 goals.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;WAHL: Arsenal's Zelalem obtains U.S. citizenship, clears way to join USMNT&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said the English club had initially dismissed an offer from Inter Milan as not serious, but had reconsidered after the Italian club made a second proposal.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"The first proposal was farcical,\" said Wenger. \"After, when they come back a bit more seriously, then you will see what happens now.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wenger, however, stressed that a transfer was not a foregone conclusion.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"Inevitable? In the transfer window that's very difficult to say but we'll see what happens.\"\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Podolski, 29, sat out Arsenal's New Year's Day loss to Southampton with a \"tight groin,\" and was an unused substitute in the club's 2-1 victory over West Ham United on Dec. 28. He last played in Arsenal's 4-1 defeat of Newcastle on Dec. 13.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Southampton beat Arsenal 2-0 at St. Mary's in EPL&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The German star has earned over 100 caps for his country, and was a member of Germany's World Cup squads in 2006 and 2010 and of the 2014 World Cup-winning team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;em&gt;- Christopher Woody&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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