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What's eating Podolski?

Internet, Hamburg
Luci Toni is still sidelined when Bayem Munich visit his former club Fiorentina in the Champions League on Wednesday but that does-
n't mean that Lukas Podolski will be playing.
Podolski, 23, is a successful Germany striker with 31 goals in 59 caps but is yet to show similar form in Munich where he is normally third choice on the bench behind starters Toni and Miroslav Klose.
But the issue reached a new dimension last Saturday when not even Toni's ongoing injury problems gave Podolski a place in the first 11 because coach Juergen Klinsmann changed the team tactics for the Bundesliga match against Arminia Bielefeld.
Instead of the usual 4-4-2 scheme, Klinsmann - looking ahead at Fiorentina and also intending to prompt a reaction from Podolski - tried out a 4-3-2-1 format with Klose the lone striker.
The tactics didn't work against defensive-minded Bielefeld and Munich reverted to 4-4-2 after the break. Podolski came on, fed Franck Ribery for the second goal and then clinched Munich's 3-1 win with a penalty. However, Fiorentina are not Bielefeld and as the Italians are in a must-win situation Klinsmann is expected to have a 4-3-2-1 formation on the pitch again in Florence.
Podolski has never really felt at home in Munich since being hired from Cologne for 10 million euros (12.8 million dollars) in 2006 on a contract until 2010
He is homesick for Cologne (where he even played second division football in 2005-06), wanted to leave in summer but Bayern rejected a move. Now speculation is growing again about a winter break move.
"Podolski and Bayern. That was it," said Kicker sports magazine on Monday.
Munich general manager Uli Hoeness said sarcastically: "For him there is only Cologne, Cologne and Cologne. He dreams of Cologne day and night."
Hoeness has been Podolski's most outspoken critic and even suggested that Podolski shines only for Germany against minnows such as Liechtenstein.
An angry Podolski countered that he will ask coach Joachim Loew to field him only against top teams in the future, and that he will carefully monitor the situation in Munich.
"You can understand that I will be considering by the winter break how things are going to continue," he said.
"We'll have to wait and see what happens in the next weeks and months. We have some important games coming up and that is more important than beginning any speculation."
Ribery hopes that the recent success against Bielefeld have boosted Podolski's morale and that he can become an important player for Munich after all.
"Lukas must play and score goals. That gives him confidence," said the Frenchman.
"I have the impression that he is getting better. I hope he is still around after the winter break because he is an important player for the club and the team. I like him a lot.”