Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness is willing to let Lukas Podolski go out on loan this month - opening the door for Manchester City.Podolski has found it hard to break into the first team this season and Hoeness has revealed he is considering sending the Germany international out on loan.

Bayern insist Podolski, who incoming boss Jurgen Klinsmann is keen to have in his squad next season, is not for sale, but a loan move in the transfer window still seems possible.

Hoeness told Kicker magazine: "We have got to talk about what we are going to do. I am torn."

He added: "I want to help him to make it to the Europeans Championships. And if we loan him out and everything goes well, we have done everything right.

"Then we have got him games and he comes back on July 1."

Podolski is competing for a starting place with the likes of Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni, but the Bundesliga club insist a permanent transfer is not on the cards.

Hoeness said: "A club like Bayern Munich needs four top strikers."

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