Tuesday 13 October 2015 19:14, UK
Manchester City defender Vincent Kompany will play at least 60 minutes for Belgium in their final European Qualifier against Israel, according to Sky sources.
Kompany has missed City's last five games with a calf injury but was called up to the Belgium squad for their final two qualifiers, and has trained with the team, despite Manuel Pellegrini's insistence that he is not yet fit.
Kompany did not feature in Saturday's win against Andorra, which secured qualification, but Belgium head coach Marc Wilmots said after the match that he expected Kompany to feature on Tuesday night.
Sky sources understand City will be monitoring the situation closely, but they have not demanded for Kompany not to play and trust Belgium to make the right decision.
Wilmots said: "It's not a question of whether I agree with Pellegrini - it has been my purpose for 10 days. I know what I am doing with Kompany, we work together with the medical staff and Vincent is ready.
"It is the last game at home and Vincent wants to play.
"I don't take a risk with Kompany, no club in the world can say I take risks with my players. It's not true, we don't take risks."
City are already counting the cost of the international break after losing Sergio Aguero and David Silva to injuries, and earlier this month Pellegrini warned Wilmots not to play Kompany.
He said: "He cannot play. When you don't play for your national team, you cannot play afterwards for your club.
"It must be the same in the other sense - if you cannot play for your squad you cannot play for your national squad."
