Podolski, 21, was invisible in the 2-1 league defeat by Arminia Bielefeld last weekend and manager Felix Magath dropped him for Dutch striker Roy Makaay.

"Things are not going how I thought they would," said Podolski. "Of course I am disappointed not to be playing. It irritates me - otherwise I would not be a real footballer.

"But my time will come and I will score my goals here. I am not gripped by fear of failing at Bayern."

Podolski, the pin-up boy of German football, has yet to score a league goal for Bayern since joining from FC Cologne last summer in a ten-million-euro deal.

At international level Podolski has been prolific, bagging 20 goals in 35 internationals and was voted best young player at the World Cup.