Thursday, June 03, 2021
“What a shame”
Podolski leaves Antalyaspor pissed off
Lukas Podolski’s time at Antalyaspor is coming to an end. As a farewell, the Turkish club wrote a few words on Twitter. The 35-year-old is extremely angry about it and lets his displeasure run free.
Lukas Podolski has left the Turkish first division soccer team Antalyaspor with some bitterness. Because the club only said goodbye to the former national soccer player via Twitter, Podolski reacts angrily. “Every player who played for Antalyaspor should get a goodbye worthy of their name. I expected our executives to thank me personally and not through social media. What a shame,” Podolski wrote in Turkish Twitter and added three lowered thumbs.
Podolski’s contract with Antalya expired at the end of the season, the 35-year-old had played for the club since January 2020. Antalya tweeted the short sentence “We thank our player Lukas Podolski for his commitment and wish him every success in his new life” on Thursday.
Two weeks earlier, Podolski had missed a surprise with the club and lost the Turkish Cup final. The team of the former world champions, who won the trophy with Galatasaray Istanbul in 2016, lost 2-0 (2-0) in the final against champions Besiktas Istanbul. For the capital club it was the tenth cup win and the third double.
Podolski left it open again and again how things will go after Antalyaspor for him. Before moving to Turkey, he had already played in England, Italy and Japan after his Bundesliga stints at 1. FC Cologne and FC Bayern Munich.
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