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Arsenal boss Wenger insists Podolski won't leave

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists Lukas Podolski is not leaving in January.

Podolski has yet to start a game for the Gunners in the Barclays Premier League this season, instead used as an impact player from the bench - as he was when he netted a dramatic last-minute winner in the Champions League away to Anderlecht.

Speaking during an hour-long television interview with beIN Sports, Wenger said: "It is not established at all that he will leave at Christmas.

"It is me who sets the price and (the reported deal) doesn't correspond at all to his price. He is not for sale and there is no offer.

"Podolski plays a position where there is a big competition. He came very late from his holidays [after the World Cup in the summer], so he started after his team-mates and was not good physically."

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