Podolski has struggled to cement a regular place in the Bayern team this season with the arrival of Luca Toni and Miroslav Klose at the club. He was linked with a loan move away from the Allianz Arena in the January transfer window with Sven-Goran Eriksson a confirmed fan of the youngster.
However, Klinsmann is determined to keep Podolski at the club for the foreseeable future.
"Klinsmann wants to have him in his team and that's why we haven't responded favourably to the offers which came during the winter break" Bayern manager Uli Hoeneß told the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Podolski signed for the Bavarians in 2006 from Cologne but has been limited to just 13 games this season with 11 of those as a substitute.
It has been reported that the 22 year old has already held talks with Klinsmann, who was his national coach during the 2006 World Cup where he performed so well.
"We talked about it a few weeks ago and it was an interesting discussion" said Podolski who is contracted to Bayern until 2010.
The young striker is widely believed to be a favourite of Klinsmann and his international record of 24 goals in 44 games just needs to be replicated at club level.
Mathew Burt
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