Former Germany soccer player Lukas Podolski stands in a kebab restaurant in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Former Germany, Arsenal and Bayern Munich star Lukas Podolski has unveiled a new project: a kebab restaurant in his longtime home city of Cologne. News agency dpa reported that Podolski spokesman Sebastian Lange said about 1,000 fans turned up Saturday to the opening of Mangal Doener, some arriving more than five hours early. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

Former Germany soccer player Lukas Podolski greets guests in a kebab restaurant in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Former Germany, Arsenal and Bayern Munich star Lukas Podolski has unveiled a new project: a kebab restaurant in his longtime home city of Cologne. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

COLOGNE, GERMANY - JANUARY 06 : German footballer Lukas Podolski poses for a photo with a doner knife as he opened up a Doner Kebab Restaurant called "Mangal Doner" with two other partners in Cologne, Germany on January 06, 2018. Mesut Zeyrek / Anadolu Agency

Lukas Podolski bei der Er?ffnung seines D?ner-Restaurants Mangal D?ner am Clodwigplatz. K?ln, 06.01.2018 *** Lukas Podolski at the opening of his kebab restaurant Mangal shawarma on 01 Clodwigplatz Cologne 06 2018 Foto:xJ.xKrickx/xFuturexImage

Lukas Podolski bei der Er?ffnung seines D?ner-Restaurants Mangal D?ner am Clodwigplatz. K?ln, 06.01.2018 *** Lukas Podolski at the opening of his kebab restaurant Mangal shawarma on 01 Clodwigplatz Cologne 06 2018 Foto:xJ.xKrickx/xFuturexImage

Lukas Podolski bei der Er?ffnung seines D?ner-Restaurants Mangal D?ner am Clodwigplatz. K?ln, 06.01.2018 *** Lukas Podolski at the opening of his kebab restaurant Mangal shawarma on 01 Clodwigplatz Cologne 06 2018 Foto:xJ.xKrickx/xFuturexImage

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