Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Cologne and other suitors of Lukas Podolski will have to look elsewhere with new Bayern Munich boss Jurgen Klinsmann determined to keep the Germany forward at the Allianz Arena.

The 23-year-old Polish-born forward has been disappointed at lack of regular football at Bayern and as such hinted towards a move out of Munich this summer. But Klinsmann, who saw him flourish for the national side, is now the boss of Bayern and looks forward to make optimum use of the versatile attacker.

Klinsmann told Munich-based newspaper tz: "I already said before the European Championship that I am absolutely building on Lukas.

"Lukas has so much potential, so much in him, that it has to still be further developed.

"That he suffers under the situation is absolutely understandable. It is up to me to give him a prospect of getting his games.

"I have told him: you are not allowed to run away from the situation now. The quality is so high - we are not going to let that get away."

He added: "I will give all my effort to making him feel happy. That he has a bit of home sickness (for Cologne) is surely only human.

"For all of us is it important to help these players. If Podolski at some time can not reach his potential for emotional reasons, one has to make provisions for that.

"That is our responsibility."