Arsenal cult hero is now £180m kebab mogul who’s taking over ‘s**t’ McDonalds
Lukas Podolski is planning to tackle McDonald’s after changing into a kebab mogul.
Former Arsenal and Germany striker is now value an estimated £180million because of his burgeoning enterprise empire, which features a chain of kebab outlets known as Mangal Doner, the place a Podolski Sandwich will set you again £6.77. His first kebab store opened in Cologne, the place he launched his membership profession, and there at the moment are 30 branches throughout the nation.
A yr earlier than, in 2017, Podolski began a dessert firm, Ice Cream United, in the identical metropolis. Away from meals, Podolski has additionally launched a music pageant and held a soccer event that includes followers, ex-players and social media influencers.
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His enterprise pursuits have seen him compile a reported web value of £177.5m. That contains earnings from his top-level soccer profession, which additionally contains spells at Bayern Munich and Galatasaray, in addition to Arsenal.
Podolski is seeking to develop his enterprise additional and has even taken a shot quick meals large McDonald’s over the standard of its meals. Speaking to YouTuber Sascha Hellinger, as he defended the value of one in every of his kebabs, Podolski mentioned: “If you order a menu at McDonald’s, you pay as much as at my stores. Or even more. However, the food will be s***, it lacks quality.”
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Despite his varied enterprise pursuits, Podolski remains to be enjoying on the age of 38 for Polish facet Gornik Zabrze. He stays fondly remembered by Arsenal followers for some spectacular targets.
In all for the Gunners, he scored 21 targets in 82 appearances earlier than leaving for Inter Milan on mortgage after which for Galatasaray completely. Podolski, a member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning squad, scored 49 targets in 130 video games for his nation, together with his closing worldwide look coming in opposition to England in 2017.