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    Matthaus: Let Podolski decide his future

    Tuesday, July 8, 2008

    MUNICH, July 8 (Bundesliga) - Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthaus believes the club should not stand in Lukas Podolski's way if he has made up his mind to leave. The striker is unhappy with his lack of first-team opportunities with the German champions and has been strongly linked with a return to former club Cologne. Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and coach Jurgen Klinsmann, though, have stressed the 23-year-old will not be sold. But Matthaus, who enjoyed 12 years at Bayern over two ...

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