TOKYO (Reuters) - World Cup winning German striker Lukas Podolski announced he will be joining Japanese club Vissel Kobe from Galatasaray at the end of the Turkish season. "I can confirm that at the end of this season I will join Vissel Kobe from the J-League in Japan," Podolski wrote on his Instagram page. "We are very excited to have a world-class striker join the Vissel Kobe team," Rakuten co-founder Hiroshi Mikitani said in a news release. "We have very high expectations of Podolski's ability to take the Vissel Kobe team to victory in the J League." The 2017 J League season started last weekend.

Source: The Star March 02, 2017 23:03 UTC