Arsenal’s Lukas Podolski goes on loan to Inter Milan

Arsenal have confirmed German forward Lukas Podolski has completed a loan move to Inter Milan for the remainder of the 2014/15 season.

The 29-year-old, who joined the Gunners from Cologne in the summer of 2012, had become frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities, often used as an impact player from the bench by manager Arsene Wenger.

He has scored three goals this season, including a dramatic last-gasp winner in the Champions League group game at Anderlecht.

Podolski, who was part of the World Cup-winning squad in Brazil during the summer, has already linked up with Roberto Mancini’s Serie A side and trained in Milan on Monday.

“He is experienced and has a wonderful career behind him,” Mancini, the former Manchester City boss, said at a press conference. “He will help us and is not at the end of his career.”