Media: Lokomotiv will pay Podolski 5 million euros per year

Forward "Cologne" Lucas Podolski at the end of the season will become a player in the capital's "Lokomotiv", reports "Sport day after day."

According to the source, the striker visited Moscow with an introductory trip and agreed with the leadership of the "railway workers". The contract will be signed in the summer, and the German salary will be about 5 million euros per year.

This season, Podolski spent 16 matches in the Bundesliga and scored 14 goals. Note that at the club level, the 26-year-old striker is more modest than for the German national team, for which he had already spent 95 matches, scoring 43 goals in them.

Lucas several years ago was considered one of the most promising players of the planet: according to the results of the 2006 World Cup, he was recognized as the best young player in the tournament . By the aggregate of the characteristics of Podolski, then bypassed the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Argentinean Lionel Messi and the Spaniard Cesk Fabregas.