Lukas Podolski super-fans 'queue for five hours' in Cologne to see their hero opening his new kebab shop

Daily Mail | January 7, 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.

Around 1,000 fans turned up on Saturday to the opening of Mangal Doener, some arriving more than five hours early to catch a glimpse of their local hero, according to the player's spokesperson.

Podolski will run the restaurant along with two co-owners and the player posed in front of a kebab and signed autographs before turning his hand to cutting slithers off a huge slab of unidentified meat.

Lukas Podolski cuts slithers off meat off a huge kebab at the grand opening ofu00a0Mangal Done — Lukas Podolski cuts slithers off meat off a huge kebab at the grand opening of Mangal Done

Around 1,000 fans turned up for the opening with some waiting as long as five hours

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