Lukas Podolski and Marko Marin: the Germans are coming (at last) | Marcus Christenson

There has been a lack of top German players in the Premier League until now, but will others follow as Lukas Podolski heads to Arsenal and Marko Marin moves to Chelsea?The French have been here, en masse. The best Spanish players too. World-class Dutchmen? Of course. We've had the current Argentina captain (Javier Mascherano) and Italian geniuses (Gianfranco Zola et al). But the one thing the Premier League has lacked in its first 20 years is an influx of the best German players.What is it with the German players? Why do they not like us? Is our money not good enough for them? Over the years, players such as Lothar Matthäus, Oliver Kahn,...