Reports in Italy: Inter has offered €2m loan fee + €6m buyout for Podolski

Worth mentioning that La Gazzetta dello Sport doesn't mention any numbers, the reported €2m+€6m comes from football-italia.net. Pinch of salt warning.

New quotes from Podolski on the subject of not playing:

I am not 20 or 21 years old, I can not afford to wait for a chance. I’m 29, and I want to play. What more can I do than what I’m already doing? I scored two goals in the Champions League and ended up on the bench right away. I do not know what else I have yet to prove. In the coming days I will speak with the club. I have to understand their intentions towards me. Arsene Wenger is not blind, he sees what I can give.

On the rumours about Inter:

There is nothing certain. First I have to figure out what [Wenger] wants to do with me at Arsenal.

Corriere Dello Sport now reporting that Podolski to Inter is basically done. They don't say whether it's a loan or a permanent transfer.

Lukas Podolski about the "quotes" above ("I am not 20 or 21 years old", etc):

Latest statements as being currently spread by the media, are not correct: I have never made those statements!

Wenger about the recent speculation about Podolski to Inter:

They [just] talk. Podolski is a player of Arsenal football club and I want him to stay. Apart from that, what is to be professional is that as long as you are somewhere, you give your best to justify your wages and your love for the club. I hope that he will still be an Arsenal player at the end of January. Inter? That is a joke. Inter is not serious

What Mancini said:

Podolski is part of a list of players that we are following, so we will see what will come of it.

Wenger today confirmed a more serious offer from Inter:

The first proposal was farcical, after they came back a bit more serious, then we will see what happens now.

And it's done. Podolski spotted at Milan airport wearing every Inter merch he could find.