Hamburg accept city bid for Kompany

11:05pm Thursday 21st August 2008

Hamburg have accepted a bid from Manchester City for Belgium defender Vincent Kompany.

Details of the agreement regarding a possible move for the 22-year-old Belgium international were not disclosed in a statement posted on Hamburg's official website, www.hsv.de, on Thursday.

But Kompany's future at Hamburg has been called into question in recent days after he fell out with club bosses over his continued involvement for Belgium at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Hamburg had ordered Kompany to return from the Games in time for their first Bundesliga game of the season last Friday despite the Red Devils' run to the final four in Beijing.

His appearance in the season-opening fixture against Bayern Munich now appears set to be 39th and last for the northern Germany outfit since joining from Anderlecht for 10 million euros in 2006.

"We wish Vincent all the best for his future," said Hamburg's director of football Dietmar Beiersdorfer.

Hamburg president Bernd Hoffmann later claimed the transfer of Kompany hinged only on the player passing a medical at City.

Hoffmann added: "We received an enquiry from Manchester asking whether Vince could imagine moving immediately and, depending on the medical examination, we quickly agreed to this transfer."

The mooted deal will bring the curtain down on a disappointing stint in Germany for Kompany, who failed to reach his potential in the Bundesliga.

"In the two years he was here, he could not fulfil his own or our expectations," Hoffmann said.

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