The Premier League's all time leading goalscorer scored his goals in just 63 games before hanging up
his international boots in 2000.
We are now hearing from the football media that the 34 - year old will now hang up
his international boots instead of heading to Rio for the Olympic games.
And at 31 - years old and having hung up
his international boots, there should be problem for the BFG to carry on at the top for a good few years yet.
It's a new era for German football with a lot of the old guard hanging up
their international boots.
James Milner is in a very odd position in Liverpool as the English midfielder opted to hang up
his international boots back on August of 2016.
Unlike Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker and Miroslav Klose, who all called it a day after Joachim Low's side lifted the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, 29 - year - old Podolski has not pondered hanging up
his international boots.
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