I'm a World Cup-winning former Arsenal star and I'm now worth £180m thanks to kebab shops

Lukas Podolski is still scoring World Cups at the age of 38, but it's not like he needs it.

first Arsenal The striker currently plies his trade in his native Poland with Gornik Zabrze and has an impressive 20 goals in 77 games.

Off the field he is having the same success, having earned approximately £180 million.

Podolski has had an illustrious career on the field, winning titles in England, Germany, Turkey and Japan, as well as playing for football giants. Inter de Milan.

However, the highlight of his career was the 2014 World Cup victory with Germany, although you could argue that he has a greater honour.

He moved to Germany from Poland as a child, was adopted by Cologne as a player and as a person, and remains an icon on and off the field as one of the city's most adored sons.

Leaving for Bayern Munich In 2006, he soon returned home in 2009 and began to make his mark off the court.

Podolski opened a clothing store and then Ice Cream United in the city, but in 2018 he had his biggest success.

Upon returning from Japan with Vissel Kobe After his European adventure with Arsenal, Inter and Galatasaray, Podolski made a short trip home to open his very lucrative business: a kebab shop.

Hundreds of fans lined up to get a photo of the FC Cologne icon and his Mangal Doner x Lucas Podolski The store remains busy to this day.

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Speaking at the launch, he said: “You eat doner kebabs when you're young, when you're still playing and when you're done playing; It is a perfect solution.

“The ideas just come; I don't even have a business plan right now,” he added.

It is hard to believe this last statement, since the forward opened 30 chains, at the same time he inaugurated a music festival, a sports center and even his own soccer tournament with legends.

On top of that, Podolski was reportedly one of Arsenal's highest-paid players on £100,000 a week during his three years at the Emirates Stadium.

A world match against Piast Gliwice in the Polish league on February 10 shows that Podolski still deserves a lot of money on the field, and the sky is clearly the limit when it comes to his business projects after his retirement.