Germany vs England: Lukas Podolski hailed by ‘Yellow Wall’ ahead of his 130th and final cap

GERMAN fans and players paid tribute to 130-cap striker Lukas Podolski ahead of his final game for his country.

Germany's friendly against England is the former Arsenal star's final cap.

And fans held up a banner reading "130 games, 48 goals, one legend, thank you Lukas".

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Podolski started as part of an attacking trio behind debutant Timo Werner which also includes Leroy Sane and Julian Brandt.

Yesterday the veteran, 31, claimed England need to look at Germany and stop changing managers.

Coach Joachim Low is approaching his 11th year in charge.

Meanwhile, Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate will take charge of his team as permanent manager for the first time.

Apart from winning in  Brazil, Germany reached the semi-finals in 2010, the final of Euro 2008 and semi-finals in 2012 and 2016.

The famous Yellow Wall will show a giant tribute

Podolski, 31, currently playing for Galatasaray ahead of a summer move to Japan to play for Vissel Kobe, said: “The only thing I can say is  we have had a great coach for over 10 years and the consistency is very important.

“The other difference is that in 2004 German football really changed course and started to develop and it culminated in 2014 with the World Cup.

“England have promising players and they can get far in tournaments — as long as they don’t face Germany."