Lukas Podolski: Arsenal forward dismisses £10m Spurs rumour

Lukas Podolski is yet to start a Premier League game for Arsenal this season

Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski has taken to Twitter to dismiss transfer speculation linking him with a £10m move to Tottenham Hotspur.

The German World Cup winner tweeted: "Hell will freeze over before this transfer would happen."

He responded to a BBC Sport tweet promoting the Gossip Column - a summary of transfer rumours around the media.

Monday's column included a report Podolski, 29, could be a target for Tottenham in the next transfer window.

The German is yet to start a Premier League match this season. He has scored 28 goals for Arsenal in 74 appearances, including 54 starts.

Podolski joined Arsenal at the start of the 2012-13 season from Bundesliga side Cologne for an undisclosed fee.

He was a member of Germany's World Cup-winning squad in Brazil.

BBC Sport tweeted the Gossip Column rumour about Podolski being a Tottenham target

Eight hours later, Podolski had this response to the rumour